I am ambivalent about executing him, but I think it is the appropriate action. Life is sometimes messy, and the best path is seldom the easy one...
According to the officials at San Quentin, he's still heavily involved with gang activities from his cell on Death Row. I don't think he's changed a bit - he's just figured out how to scam the limousine liberals into supporting his "cause" (not that there's anything hard about scamming that crowd).