[TruthShallSetYouFree]

"Tookie is dead. We're not safer, we're not more secure, we're not more humane," Jackson said.

Plus, we didn't cure cancer, we didn't stop the terrorists from bombing innocents, we didn't raise the SAT scores in the inner cities. But, Jesse, let's focus on what this execution was actually supposed to accomplish, rather than just speaking about pie-in-the-sky objectives. The execution of a convicted mass-murderer is society's ultimate act of retribution. It is civlized people standing up and saying, "What you did is totally unacceptable, and the only punishment commensurate with your violent deeds is the death penalty." It is justice served for the families of the victims, and for society as a whole. What the execution does accomplish is far more important than what it doesn't.

[Luke Skyfreeper]

If Williams was unable to earn clemency from the governor, "what can a black man do, what can he do in society, to get another chance at life?" Hayes asked.

Um, you could try not brutally murdering four people, laughing and boasting about their deaths, and then telling the jury who convicts you, "I'm going to get each and every one of you m______ f______rs."

[Kitten Festival]

I'd like to know the names of those 300 who attended the public funeral of that hamburger-eater Robert Alton Harris in San Francisco.

[FlingWingFlyer]

At least Williams could have an "open casket." I don't think we can say that for his victims.

[RTINSC]

"Killowatt the Third", a Crips member, was there. No doubt one of the brighter lights in the gang.

[Jigsaw John]

Heavy crowd?

They barely filled a church, and 20 gang members showed up.

[Roberts]

Several dozen gang members wearing blue attire associated with Crips gangs watched the funeral in the parking lot. One who identified himself as "Killowatt the Third," 33, estimated there were 20 to 30 Crips-affiliated gang members there to honour Williams. "That's my role model, man. That's the CEO of the Crips," he said. I guess Tookie didn't have that much positive influence after all.

[TheForceOfOne]

Maybe Puffy Combs will do another thug got snuffed song parody with Sting.