[doug from upland]

He added this ---

But if the death penalty is going to be enforced, there seems no better candidate than Williams. If the founder of the Crips can be granted clemency, then surely no one deserves the needle and the trolley.

[musicman]

If I had any imput with Tookie's execution, right after the IV drip is started, (and Took is layin' there "waiting"), over the "very substantial" loud system I had installed in the execution room AND the "observation room"( just special for Tookie's "visit")would emit the following at a "very substantial" volume:

Jules'(Samuel Jacksons')voice giving his Ezekiel 25:17 "speech" from Pulp Fiction.

Ezekiel 25:17
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

[goldstategop]

Even a British visitor can understand some people are marked by such viciousness the death penalty was designed for them. Williams is such a candidate.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")