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[Tookie] Williams' fate now up to governor-State prepares for possible violence if execution occurs
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 12/9/5 | Mark Martin

Posted on 12/09/2005 7:30:04 AM PST by SmithL

Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger spent more than an hour with lawyers for Stanley Tookie Williams and prosecutors pushing for his death sentence Thursday, hearing final arguments before he makes a decision on Williams' bid to avoid lethal injection.

Schwarzenegger now has fewer than four days to weigh Williams' past as a convicted four-time murderer and gang leader against his present work as an anti-gang crusader. Williams, who has written eight children's books from his Death Row cell, is pleading for clemency based on his value as "a unique voice'' against street violence, one of his attorneys said.

The hearing, in which both sides made their case to Schwarzenegger and four lawyers who work for the governor, took place in private. The governor was handed a letter from Williams during the meeting.

Schwarzenegger made no public appearances Thursday, and while attorneys held press conferences in front of more than 25 television cameras and dozens of reporters, no one would divulge details of the meeting held in the Ronald Reagan Cabinet Room inside the governor's suite of Capitol offices.

Williams' case has received worldwide attention and his notoriety and scheduled execution at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday has California prison officials preparing for potential violence inside facilities. Celebrities have been drawn to Williams' cause -- he met privately with rapper Snoop Dogg Wednesday and with actor Jamie Foxx Thursday at San Quentin State Prison.

In the Capitol, a deputy district attorney from Los Angeles made the case against clemency, declaring that Williams was guilty of "extremely brutal crimes against people who were defenseless.''

"Very simply, in our opinion, there are certain murders -- not every murder -- where an individual's conduct is just so abhorrent, where the crime is so brutal, it simply justifies the ultimate punishment,''

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; frymumia; frytookie; stanleywilliams; tookie; tookiewilliams
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To: SmithL

I hope they riot. That way they are serving notice on us that they also need to be locked up.


81 posted on 12/09/2005 11:18:22 AM PST by montag813
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To: kylaka
"Arnold's going to punt, and just kick the can down the road a bit. Tookie will die a natural death after 50 years on death row."

Yup. Why flirt with the prospect of riots, etc. when the end result will be the same. He ought to make sure in his clemency declaration that Tookie will die in prison and that a future governor cannot pardon him. (If that's possible.)

82 posted on 12/09/2005 11:24:04 AM PST by blam
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To: samtheman

If I were Arnold, I would repay the Fraternal Order of Police's campaigning against Prop 75 by pardoning every damn cop killer in the state.


83 posted on 12/09/2005 11:27:27 AM PST by BeHoldAPaleHorse (MORE COWBELL! MORE COWBELL! (CLANK-CLANK-CLANK))
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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse

Whell heh heh helllllllll... Thank God you're in no position to do THAT!!! (whew!)


84 posted on 12/09/2005 11:45:16 AM PST by SierraWasp (The only thing that can save CA is making eastern CA the 51st state called Sierra Republic!!!)
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To: SmithL

Rest assured, the riots will be Bush's fault.


85 posted on 12/09/2005 11:49:11 AM PST by Democratshavenobrains
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To: SmithL
I think that Arnold will not disappoint us. Williams (I refuse to use the nickname for someone I completely despise) will be history on Tuesday. It's really too bad that we don't have "old Sparky" here in California. Then I could say to Williams something like more power to you.

(Groan, that's an oldie.)

.

86 posted on 12/09/2005 12:02:09 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: blam

What they ought to do with Tookie though, is subcontract the job out to the ChiComs, who would part him out to the highest bidder. There's probably thousands of folks who would pay large sums of money for a piece of him. Any piece of him.


87 posted on 12/09/2005 12:04:24 PM PST by kylaka
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To: george wythe

The way I've read it explained here on FR is that professors in some areas of study are eligible to nominate candidates, and some lefty one keeps nominating Tookie to try to thwart execution.


88 posted on 12/09/2005 12:23:26 PM PST by agrace (Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me if you know so much. Job 38:4)
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To: HawaiianGecko
I can't imagine the Governor letting this guy live.

He wont. And there will be no riots over this guy. It's all hype.

89 posted on 12/09/2005 12:25:50 PM PST by Jigsaw John
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To: SmithL

I love how Doug McIntyre called it this morning - Tookie's got a date with Old Pointy. LOL.


90 posted on 12/09/2005 2:20:26 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: vimto
If the "people" riot over Tookie's death how can the Leftist press make America the pariah? The rioters should be the pariahs. But the Left is capable of any distortion.
91 posted on 12/09/2005 3:34:52 PM PST by luvbach1 (Near the belly of the beast in San Diego)
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To: Yaelle
I love how Doug McIntyre called it this morning - Tookie's got a date with Old Pointy

Is he still "Red Eye Radio" on KABC during the wee hours?

Being as I used to leave home before 5:30, I'd catch him quite often.

92 posted on 12/09/2005 3:40:50 PM PST by ErnBatavia (403-3)
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To: SmithL

If violence occurs becaust Tookie finally got what he so richly deserved, Fine! That is what they have police, sheriff deputies, and highway patrolmen for. And if necessary, morges and graveyards.

There is always room for one more in the jailhouse.

If Tookie's worshippers decide to riot, let them.

My personal feeling is that Arnold will grant him clemency and the next Governowill pardon him.


93 posted on 12/09/2005 3:42:22 PM PST by sport
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To: SmithL

Tune in, everyone, for the famous TOOKIE MUST DIE HOUR thread on FR. John and Ken do it every day on KFI at 5pm Pacific. We usually have a grand time.


94 posted on 12/09/2005 3:43:51 PM PST by doug from upland (The troops will come home when the mission is complete)
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To: SmithL

Once he is dead from lethal injection, all protests will stop and he will be forgotten about.

Just like that "reborn" lady in Texas, I-forget-her-name.


95 posted on 12/09/2005 3:45:28 PM PST by zeebee
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To: Ed_in_NJ
They are probably all owned by H'wood celebs who want to spring him...

Once. Just once, I would like to see one of the Hollyweird celebs' pet rattlesnakes turn on them after being sprung thanks to one of these moan-and-groan fests.

(Speaking of Hollyweird, ain't it interesting how jobs for the working stiffs in the industry are leaching out of California faster than Alec Baldwin after a GWB win. Yet none of the crowd who cry in their beer over murdering scum are lifting a finger to do anything to stem the outflow of entertainment industry jobs.)

96 posted on 12/09/2005 3:57:11 PM PST by Wolfstar ("In war, there are usually only two exit strategies: victory or defeat." Mark Steyn)
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To: ErnBatavia
Is he still "Red Eye Radio" on KABC during the wee hours?

Nope, Doug McIntyre got kicked upstairs! He is now "McIntyre in the Morning" on KABC, doing morning drive. He is so intelligent and funny that it's often a very nice way to wake up. He sticks to his beliefs and has great credibility, even though he is not a strict conservative. He's definitely on our side more often than not, though.

97 posted on 12/09/2005 10:39:32 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: luvbach1
Make no mistake that is what the left will do. They say they hate riots but in truth they love them. They use them as an excuse.

Look at Katrina - they hate hurricanes - but hey = didn't it expose the 'racist underclass in America we were told didn't exist?" So, Hurricanes destroying peoples homes and livelihoods and killing and maiming turn out to be a good thing after all! Same sort of logic applies. It makes you want to weep.
98 posted on 12/10/2005 12:40:46 AM PST by vimto (Life isn't a dry run)
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