Free Tookie? Options

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On December 13th 2005, Stan Tookie Williams will be excuted.

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?


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If your interested, here's a site dedicated to saving Tookie. http://www.savetookie.org/index.html

[hi-C]

Hmm....I guess no clemency

Schwarzenegger Denies Clemency For Former Gang Leader.

Yeah, and the only reason why he hasn't been granted clemency is because Schwarzenegger says Tookie won't apologize. If there's enough evidence to back up his claim that he was set up by an acquaintance, I understand why Williams isn't apologizing. If I was convicted for something I didn't do, I wouldn't apologize either. I would feel sympathy for the families of those killed, but I wouldn't apologize. And then to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, and get a President's Call to Service Award from Bush and not be granted clemency on the basis that he's hasn't reformed...I don't agree with Schwarzenegger at all.