Duane
"Dog" Chapman Sympathetic Towards Criminals
3/17/08
TV star Duane 'Dog" Chapman has quashed his hardman image by
admitting he would set most of his captives free - because he feels sorry
for them.
The American bounty hunter stars in his own show, Dog The Bounty
Hunter, on U.S. cable channel A&E, which follows the former convict as
he pursues criminals who break their bail.
But Chapman - who works alongside his wife, Beth, and some of his 12
children
- states that if his partner wasn't around, he would consider letting
the felons make a run for freedom.
The 58-year-old says, "My wife used to take away my handcuff key.
I'd probably have let 75 per cent of them go otherwise."
The star's TV show Dog The Bounty Hunter was reinstated this week
(ends24Feb08). The series was axed following Chapman's taped racial slur
last November (07).