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LA judge signs death warrant for Crips gang co-founder ('Tookie' has a date on Dec. 13th)
ap on Monterey Herald ^ | 10/24/05 | Tim Molloy - ap

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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; cofounder; crips; deathwarrant; gang; judge; losangeles; signs; tookie
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1 posted on 10/24/2005 11:18:48 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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1 down 600 more to go.


2 posted on 10/24/2005 11:19:58 AM PDT by bigsigh
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To: NormsRevenge

Way over due. Send him to Hell.


3 posted on 10/24/2005 11:20:18 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: NormsRevenge

Is this they guy who gunned down the Cop who was picking up his son from school around Halloween time?


4 posted on 10/24/2005 11:21:47 AM PDT by laney (little bit country,little bit Rock and Roll!)
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To: NormsRevenge
Get rid of it....Worthless piece of...
5 posted on 10/24/2005 11:22:20 AM PDT by Dallas59 (“You love life, while we love death.” - Al-Qaeda / Democratic Party)
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To: NormsRevenge

Uhh! Awww, Tookie Tookie now! (King Floyd moment)


6 posted on 10/24/2005 11:22:20 AM PDT by flashbunny (What is more important: Loyalty to principles, or loyalty to personalities?)
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To: NormsRevenge

Superior Court Judge William R. Pounders

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
it was probably sarcasm)

7 posted on 10/24/2005 11:22:40 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: NormsRevenge

Bye Bye Tookie!


8 posted on 10/24/2005 11:22:42 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: NormsRevenge
I 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.
We can play on a loop one of those books on tape to make their life hell. Maybe Hillary and "It Takes a Village to Watch Bill".
9 posted on 10/24/2005 11:23:14 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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"More than a few people have said he is worth saving," Fleming said.

And more than a few of us have been saying complete his sentence and execute this murderer. Your an idiot Fleming.AWB

10 posted on 10/24/2005 11:23:24 AM PDT by Americanwolfsbrother (Don't hate on someone for using their mind.)
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In 1979, Williams and three accomplices got together to smoke some PCP and rob some local merchants in Whittier, CA. After unsuccessful attempts to rob a liquor store and a restaurant, the group robbed a 7-Eleven store at gunpoint. After ordering the clerk to his knees, Williams killed him with a gun shot to the head. He later laughed as he told his friends how the victim gurgled as he lay dying. Two weeks later, Williams murdered a motel owner, his wife and daughter during a robbery that netted $50.


11 posted on 10/24/2005 11:24:10 AM PDT by Dallas59 (“You love life, while we love death.” - Al-Qaeda / Democratic Party)
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"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."


A convicted murderer and gang member nominated five times for a Nobel Peace prize?????? The left truely loves murderers.


12 posted on 10/24/2005 11:24:13 AM PDT by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: NormsRevenge

December 22 would mean he would be executed on the Thursday before the Christmas weekend. That's just not gonna happen.


13 posted on 10/24/2005 11:24:25 AM PDT by gridlock (Nature started the fight for survival, and now she wants to quit because she's losing... Monty Burns)
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hope Ahnold tells Tiny Toomie he's terminated.
I'd be tickled.


14 posted on 10/24/2005 11:24:26 AM PDT by Rakkasan1 (Peace de Resistance! Viva la Paper towels!)
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To: dljordan

His execution will be "no loss, no report".....


15 posted on 10/24/2005 11:25:05 AM PDT by stumpy
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To: NormsRevenge

So long Tookie. Sleep tight.


16 posted on 10/24/2005 11:25:36 AM PDT by Parmenio
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"More than a few people have said he is worth saving," Fleming said.

The ONLY people who can say anything about his "worth" are dead by his hand.....sooo....they are NOT saying "he is worth saving."

17 posted on 10/24/2005 11:26:39 AM PDT by goodnesswins (DEMS....40 yrs and $$$dollars for the War on Poverty, but NOT a $$ or minute for the WAR on Terror!)
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In 1979, Williams and three accomplices got together to smoke some PCP and rob some local merchants in Whittier, CA. After unsuccessful attempts to rob a liquor store and a restaurant, the group robbed a 7-Eleven store at gunpoint. After ordering the clerk to his knees, Williams killed him with a gun shot to the head. He later laughed as he told his friends how the victim gurgled as he lay dying.

Are you laughing now, Tookie?


18 posted on 10/24/2005 11:29:27 AM PDT by Minnesocold (Truth itself is the one enemy against which liberalism cannot prevail. -Christopher Adamo)
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To: gridlock
December 22 would mean he would be executed on the Thursday before the Christmas weekend. That's just not gonna happen

Awww. I was kinda hoping it would be on a FRY-day.
19 posted on 10/24/2005 11:30:05 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
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To: NormsRevenge

What? You mean a murderer who later writes children's books gets nominated for Nobel Peace Prize? There is nobody else in line in front of him? Unreal.


20 posted on 10/24/2005 11:32:32 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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