Court rejects California gang founder's appeal
The California Supreme Court has rejected a late appeal to reopen the case of condemned Crips gang leader Stanley Tookie Williams, leaving his fate in the hands of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday.
Williams, 51, is slated be executed at 12:01 a.m. (0801 GMT) on Tuesday for murdering four people in two 1979 robberies around Los Angeles.
In recent weeks, Williams' supporters had argued he was a life worth sparing because his message inspires inner-city youth.
Quick question, do you think maybe the four people Stanley murdered during those robberies had lives worth sparing? Does Williams deserve to die? Probably not anymore. But did those four people deserve to die? Nope, definitely not. So what are you to do here? If you make a exception for Williams then you'll have every murderer on death row writing childrens books and trying to better themselves in order to be spared.
You know, now that I type it, it doesn't sound that horrible. But I'd have a while other attitude if I had personally known the people Williams killed. Sometimes people get their act together a few years too late.
Williams, 51, is slated be executed at 12:01 a.m. (0801 GMT) on Tuesday for murdering four people in two 1979 robberies around Los Angeles.
In recent weeks, Williams' supporters had argued he was a life worth sparing because his message inspires inner-city youth.
Quick question, do you think maybe the four people Stanley murdered during those robberies had lives worth sparing? Does Williams deserve to die? Probably not anymore. But did those four people deserve to die? Nope, definitely not. So what are you to do here? If you make a exception for Williams then you'll have every murderer on death row writing childrens books and trying to better themselves in order to be spared.
You know, now that I type it, it doesn't sound that horrible. But I'd have a while other attitude if I had personally known the people Williams killed. Sometimes people get their act together a few years too late.
posted by A Mad Man at 8:14 AM
1 Comments:
nice job, you can be objective Mad Man!
but I think this man deserves to go.
he's been on this earth way too much longer then he should've. Why doesn't he write childrens books on how to purchase assult weapons or the best way to knockoff a gang leader or even better How a convicted murderer faces the death sentence and doesn't punk out.
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