>>>>Williams, whose execution was carried out over the protests of supporters who included celebrities and civil rights activists, spent his last years on California's Death Row renouncing gang violence and writing several children's books warning of the dangers of gangs.
AND assaulting prison guards with chemical attacks.
I support the death penalty but it has its flaws and our system needs some fixing. The left does have some space for legitimate criticism. What amazes me is that they are dumb enough to have their big death penalty cause cases be Tookie Williams a gang leader who is responsible for thousands of deaths, and Mumia Abu Jamal who is a cop killer with amazingly strong evidence against him. You think any intelligent movement would find better cases than that to use for their cause. Of the thousands on death row, surely they can find some with much shakier evidence, or much less putrid personal stories. But in this case like many others, the left is their own worst enemy. They really do make things easy for us conservatives in this country.