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On December 13th 2005, Stan Tookie Williams will be excuted.
QUOTE Stan was the co-founder in 1971 of the Los Angeles Crips gang. In 1981 he was convicted of murdering four people during two robberies and sentenced to death row at San Quentin State Prison. Stan deeply regrets his gang involvement but has always maintained his innocence of these crimes. Stanley "Tookie" Williams receives no money for having written the Tookie Speaks Out series and Life in Prison. He is donating proceeds to several non-profit organizations, including Mothers Against Gang Wars, located in South Central Los Angeles, California. All donations and grants given to The Institute For Prevention Of Youth Violence, a nonprofit entity, will go toward funding a diverse group of programs that will assist children in becoming responsible, successful and self-confident people. My question is - Should Governor Schwarzenegger grant him clemency? In what situation should the Governor grant clemency? ------------ If your interested, here's a site dedicated to saving Tookie. http://www.savetookie.org/index.html |
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![]() I'm with Stupid. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 410 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,973 ![]() |
I actually think he SHOULD be executed. It wouldn't be fair to all the other convicts who got executed. Even though he turned his life around, made a change, etc. Regardless of all that, he still did what he did. He killed human beings. I don't see how just because of that, he gets freed. You have to think about the family of the people that were killed by him. Imagine how they'd feel if Tookie was freed. The man who killed their son/brother/uncle etc.
QUOTE(_sarcastic_ @ Dec 3 2005, 8:35 AM) well i don't think that it's a good idea if he is freed,probably not give him a death sentence but maybe a longer time in prison. He's serving life in prison right now. Right? ![]() ![]() I admit I would feel sorry for him, but it's not like he brought those dead people back to life. Just because he wrote books and changed everything doesn't cover for the fact he did kill someone. |
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