The release of Willie Horton from prison was a significant event during the 1988 U.S. presidential election. Horton, a convicted murderer, was released under the Prison Furlough Program, which allowed him to roam the streets unsupervised. This decision was controversial and led to widespread criticism, especially from George H. W. Bush, who used the incident to argue that Dukakis was soft on crime. The incident sparked significant public outrage and led to the abolition of the furlough program for first-degree murderers in Massachusetts.
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