Thanks. That's how I've always thought of the two issues. It kind of makes it crystal clear to those who don't believe it is right to execute a murderer, yet it's ok to kill a child that had no choice in the whole matter.
Yes, well said.
They didn't free Manson and he started a much smaller gang, so why should Tookie get off?
Besides it would set a precedence, and I for one do not want to see a library full of childrens books written with a possible plea bargain behind them. Death Row is not the place for bargains.