Williams holds out hope for reversal of execution

Knight Ridder News ^ | 2/9/5 | Jessie Seyfer

[SmithL]

Since 1981.

[RockinRight]

Reversing an excecution? I assume he means reverse the decision, because reversing death is something we can't yet do...

[Michael.SF.]

Williams holds out hope for reversal of execution

Well, if he has already been executed, isn't it too late?

[TXBSAFH]

Send him to TX. We don't take 24 years any more.

[Michael.SF.]

"Most states take forever to execute someone. In Texas, we put in an express lane." -- Ron White

[aynrandfreak]

His being executed is the best message he can send to youths if he doesn't want them to follow in his footsteps.

[RetroWarrior]

But that's why he's hoping!

[cweese]

Well, there are a few who've been on our DR for more than that. Check : http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/offendersondrow.htm

[kc2theline]

"Even the most wretched can change," he said. "I can tell you what redemption means for me. It's a process of mea culpa, being able to acknowledge one's faults and vowing not to repeat them and reaching out to others."

"Through the years, Williams has challenged his conviction on a variety of grounds. He has claimed to have brain damage, and his most recent appeal argued that the makeup of the jury that convicted him was skewed because it did not contain any African-Americans"

Doesn't really sound like a mea-culpa to me. Blame someone else, IE jury composition, for your own heinous crimes.

You had your 24 years, years the 4 people you murdered in cold blood did not have. Time to go.

[L98Fiero]

"Even the most wretched can change,"

Nowhere even near the point. You were issued the death penalty. I'm thinking rehabilitation was not the object of your sentencing.

[frogjerk]

Yet, from the confines of his closet of a prison cell, Williams, 51, has campaigned heartily to keep kids away from gangs. He has spoken to roomfuls of young people over the phone and written several children's books describing the prison life that awaits them if they turn to violence. His work inspired a Swiss parliament member, as well as Notre Dame de Namur University Professor Phil Gasper, to nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize.

This would never have happened had he never commited the horrendous crimes and got caught and convicted in the first place.

[cubreporter]

Ever see "Angels with dirty Faces" with James Cagney? Sort of the same ending.

[Norman Conquest]

Wouldn't want to jump to conclusions here, but those victims' names all sound kinda Asian to me. Pure coincidence? Or racially motivated hate crimes?

[lafroste]

That is exactly the movie I was thinking of. I was having trouble remembering the name though. Ah, Sundays watching "The Bowery Boys" after I got back from church. Slip, where are you now?

[ErnBatavia]

[SedVictaCatoni]

It's very simple. God will forgive him. California cannot.

[ErnBatavia]

http://www.deadmaneating.com/

[cweese]

That's an amusing site. They used to publish that info. on the TDCJ website, but I guess too many people were jamming their servers up after each execution, so they removed it.

[aynrandfreak]

I love old movies. I'll have to check that one out, thanks!

[packrat35]

It's a very good movie