NOT OVER YET: Still Angry Over Tookie, Plus: 'FU-v' Host Firing?

The Radio Equalizer- Brian Maloney ^ | December 19th, 2005 | Brian Maloney

[chuckpez]

Think the debate over Tookie Williams ended with his execution? Guess again.

Issuing a public challenge, The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable’s Earl Ofari Hutchinson and Jasmyne Cannick have accused KFI's John and Ken of racism. They insist proof is found in the pair's supposed reluctance to insist a white man on death row be quickly put to death:

The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable’s Earl Ofari Hutchinson and Jasmyne Cannick have issued a public challenge to controversial radio hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou of the John and Ken Show of AM 640 KFI (Los Angeles) to prove that they are not promoting racial double standards when it comes to the death penalty.

The John and Ken Show dedicated the hour of 5 p.m. as “Kill Tookie/Tookie Must Die Hour” for over a month..............................snip............................

[willyd]

Why don't we go ahead and clear out everyone on death row? Let's make a concerted effort to settle all the cases and carry out the sentences within the next 6 months. No more delays...review the appeals...dispense the verdict and be done with it. That way we could consolidate all the death row facilities down to a few empty cells in San Quentin. As new inmates come in, we grant them a fair and SPEEDY trial.

[bigsigh]

cal gets 20-30 new death sentences per year and we execute one every 18 months or more. There are now 600+ on death row and some of the appeals are taking 24 years. No candidates ever run on doing something about this idiotic process.