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Governor Declines To Stop Williams Execution
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/5512016/detail.html ^
Posted on 12/12/2005 12:42:27 PM PST by lunarbicep
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger refused Monday to spare the life of Stanley Tookie Williams, the founder of the murderous Crips gang who awaited execution after midnight in a case that stirred debate over capital punishment and the possibility of redemption on death row.
Schwarzenegger was not swayed by pleas from Hollywood stars and petitions from more than 50,000 people who said that Williams had made amends during more than two decades in prison by writing a memoir and a series of children's books about the dangers of gangs.
With a reprieve from the federal courts considered unlikely, Williams, 51, was set to die by injection at San Quentin State Prison early Tuesday for murdering four people in two 1979 holdups.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; frymumia; frytookie; governator; joinarnold; schwarzenegger; stanleywilliams; tookie; tookiemustdie
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To: lunarbicep
Thank you Governor Schwarzenegger.
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:43:30 PM PST
by
ninergold3
(aka GiantsPrincess)
To: lunarbicep
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:43:44 PM PST
by
sit-rep
(If you acquire, hit it again to verify...)
To: lunarbicep
Good job, Ahnold...goodbye tookie, and hell awaits you.
To: lunarbicep
Bye, Bye, Tookie Bye, Bye!
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:44:09 PM PST
by
A. Morgan
To: lunarbicep
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:44:43 PM PST
by
newzjunkey
(FOUR-time murderer & Crips gang-founder Tookie Williams *must* be put to death as sentenced)
To: lunarbicep
Hey! Arnold does have gonads...
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:44:58 PM PST
by
Bender2
(Even dirty old robots need love!)
To: lunarbicep
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:45:42 PM PST
by
dc-zoo
To: lunarbicep
they'll be rioting shortly.....
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:46:10 PM PST
by
Sub-Driver
(Unelect All NJ Politicians....)
To: Bender2
Is Watts burning yet? To your maker Tookie!!
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:46:19 PM PST
by
Sybeck1
(Dr. Adrian Rogers, September 12, 1931 - November 15, 2005)
To: lunarbicep
By God, I'm shocked.
The Terminator did the right thing.
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:46:26 PM PST
by
Reactionary
(The Stalinist Media is the Enemy)
To: lunarbicep
Looks like the 'roids didn't shrivel them up to nothing.
"Remember when you thought I'd kill you later ?"
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:46:44 PM PST
by
AbeKrieger
(Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
To: lunarbicep
To: lunarbicep
Justice is served ~ Bumped!
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:47:11 PM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: lunarbicep
Thank you Governor Schwarzenegger for upholding the system, and not letting fierce oppsotion from the left-wing media and celebrities sway your decision.
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:47:23 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: lunarbicep
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:47:43 PM PST
by
GLDNGUN
To: lunarbicep
To: lunarbicep
John Connor: You were gonna kill that guy!
The Terminator: Of course; I'm a terminator.
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:48:19 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Bender2
>>Hey! Arnold does have gonads...<<
He used to quip that the reason why he got into bodybuilding is because they were so big he had to get the rest of his body to catch up.
I now believe it! Good Job Arnie.
While I normally do not cheer for a person's death, Justice has been served in this case.
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:48:33 PM PST
by
netmilsmom
(God blessed me with a wonderful husband.)
To: lunarbicep
I think he stalled long enough to get the NG and LE in place, before he made the announcement. The minute the first rock flies, they'll hopefully be swatted down.
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posted on
12/12/2005 12:48:40 PM PST
by
TheSpottedOwl
("The Less You Have...The More They'll Take"- bf)
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