Death Row Dilemma

Newsweak ^ | 12/87/05 | Karen Breslau

[NotchJohnson]

Death Row Dilemma Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger faces difficult political and humanitarian choices in the battle over clemency for convicted killer Tookie Williams. WEB EXCLUSIVE By Karen Breslau Newsweek Updated: 1:02 p.m. ET Dec. 8, 2005 Dec. 8, 2005 - As an action hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger dispatched villains with a hail of hot lead and a satisfied clench of his muscled jaw. As governor—and a politically humbled one at that—Schwarzenegger will find no such closure in the agonizing decision he faces in the case of death-row inmate Stanley (Tookie) Williams.

[NotchJohnson]

. . well if he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, come on.

[billorites]

Tookie will outlive us all.

[atomicpossum]

Well, from what Tookie's supporters are saying, he's holy enough to arise again three days after the execution, so let's go for it.

[newzjunkey]

By law enforcement accounts Tookie is unrepentantly evil, still very much involved with directing gang activities. These ghost written books and the cause celeb is a front.

[Tzimisce]

So this prison millionaire is getting the backing of a bunch of Communists and wacko lefties? Is he sharing his wealth with the little people? Did he get a tax cut from the Bush administation?

It's good to know that our elites are fighting for the common man on the street and not just pandering to the wealthy.

Are these the same lefties who believe animals shouldn't be locked in jail? I'd rather be given a quick, painless death than spend the rest of my life in jail. I think that is the humane decision.

[Brad from Tennessee]

Williams, if you read the accounts of his crimes in the DA's response to Tookie's plea for clemency, is a psychopath. He committed the robberies for the opportunity to inflict terror, horrible pain, and death on his victims. Psychopath's are not only untreatable, they are very cunning and manipulative. I agree with you totally about the "front" he has created.

[sgtbono2002]

Man didnt you know Tookie sold 330 books. Thats right 330 copies. Not exactly a best seller.

Arnold is about to fold up like a cheap card table.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

You have summed it up perfectly!

We need chieftain's picture of "Tookie got run over by a Gurney."

[calcowgirl]

There may be a business opportunity here. Even if the books don't sell, think of the money the Communists and Lefties might spend to get their comrades out of prison. If all it takes is writing books, maybe someone needs to set up "Death Row Publication". They could even offer to ghost write the books for the prisoners.

[emiller]

Did you guys hear? Maya Angelou wrote an emergency poem for Tookie! I managed to transcribe it off the radio! It's called--

Tookie, Tookie, Tookie.


Tookie on the cellphone,
Tookie smell the brimstone.
Tookie eats some chips,
Tookie starts the Crips.
The white man dones betray us,
He look like Dr. Zeus.
Arnold takes some flak,
Then haves a heart attack,
Tookie screams and cusses-
"Where been's all them buses?"
Here be the church, there be the steeple,
Tookie done kills 4 people.
Tookie roll the dice,
Now Tookie, he be nice.
Tookie in the dell,
Tookie burns in hell
Tookie takes a wife
(then kills her...)

[GaltMeister]

They could even offer to ghost write the books for the prisoners.

It could be a whole new cottage industry!

[muir_redwoods]

Cook the Took

[dynachrome]

"Man didnt you know Tookie sold 330 books" Not many Crips know how to read so well.

[OldSmaj]

Just more Tookie-Spam.

Tookie must die!

[razorback-bert]

[Chieftain]