Did this murderer/peace prize nominee ever make it official and convert to Islam?
Posted on 10/24/2005 11:18:46 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES - A judge signed a death warrant Monday for convicted killer and Crips co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams, rejecting his attorneys' request for a nine-day delay in his execution date.
Williams is scheduled to die Dec. 13 at San Quentin prison for four murders committed in 1979.
His lawyers asked that the date be set for Dec. 22 so they would have more time to ask Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for clemency. Williams was sentenced in 1981 to die for four killings during two holdups.
"This case has taken over 24 years to get to this point," Superior Court Judge William R. Pounders said. "That is a long delay in itself and I would hate to add to that delay."
The Dec. 13 execution date means attorneys have until Nov. 8 to submit the clemency request to the governor. The judge said Williams' lawyers could ask the governor for more time to tell him about the good work Williams has done since renouncing his gang past.
Since being sentenced to die, Williams has written a series of children's books in his effort to curtail youth gang violence. He has been nominated five times for a Nobel Peace prize and four times for a Nobel prize in literature.
Dozens of death penalty opponents held a quiet demonstration outside the courtroom calling for mercy. They held a banner praising Williams' work to prevent gang violence that read, "Keeping him alive saves lives!"
One of Williams' attorneys, Peter Fleming Jr., said he has never handled a death penalty case before and he asked for more time to ensure that Williams' legal team could do everything possible to help him.
"More than a few people have said he is worth saving," Fleming said.
Did this murderer/peace prize nominee ever make it official and convert to Islam?
Good news. But I still can't believe that scumbag Wesley Cook got let off death row.
Buh bye, Tookie.
Having said all that, he murdered four people in cold blood. It is long past time for him to pay for his crimes.
Time to meet your maker, Tookie
The Libs are all coming out of the woodwork saying what a great man this guy is..
Williams was sentenced in 1981 to die for four killings during two holdups.
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The liberal judiciary at its best. We, the people paying for all of this, were hosed for 24 years of support for this maggot...death row in California is as big a laugh as our border security.
"But..but..but..but..Jamie Foxx played me in a movie!"
Yeah, they're sending a clemency request to The Terminator. You gotta love it.
The Libs are all coming out of the woodwork saying what a great man this guy is..
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Too bad we don't have a chair big enough for all of them to sit on his lap when the switch gets flipped.
They love state sanctioned abortion on demand but hate the death penalty.. Go figure.
I like the venetian blinds... nice touch.
From your link:
"In August, Williams received a President's Call to Service Award for his good deeds on death row, complete with a letter from President Bush praising him for demonstrating 'the outstanding character of America.' "
I didn't know that.
You're absolutely right. There is nothing this man has done that could ever make for restitution to the families who lost their loved ones. Why should the good taxpayers of CA pay to feed and shelter this monster?
Fry him.
Tookie Hears a Ho
Cat with a Gatt...
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" am for this in principle, but it costs so much to kill off one of these SOBs that I wonder if it might not be far cheaper to house them for life with little if any human rights."
I'm with you, actually. Not to mention that all the appeals in death cases clog up the courts, thus denying swift justice to perpatrators of other crimes.
Put the guy in prison for life and throw away to the key. He doesn't get to write books any more. No more visits or interviews. No more appeals to the courts.
Better to have him spend the next forty years wishing he could die than granting his wish right now.
Na-na na-na-na na na na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye
Hey hey-hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye [repeat many times and fade out]
(Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer and Paul Leka)
1969
Dozens of death penalty opponents held a quiet demonstration outside the courtroom calling for mercy. They held a banner praising Williams' work to prevent gang violence that read, "Keeping him alive saves lives!"
One of Williams' attorneys, Peter Fleming Jr., said he has never handled a death penalty case before and he asked for more time to ensure that Williams' legal team could do everything possible to help him.
"More than a few people have said he is worth saving," Fleming said.
Excuses and rationalization! If only this guy made himself into a victim ala Mumia and got the leftie intelligentsia on his side!
"Tookie, Tookie, lend me your comb!"
Took, Took, Tookie Bye Bye!!!!!
Took, Took, Tookie Don't Cry!!!
Reason enough to fry him yesterday.
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