Why Tookie Had to Die (Niman Time Again!)

artvoice.com ^ | 01-05-06 | Michael I. Niman

[mbynack]

Why is it that "new evidence" seems to show up JUST WHEN someone is about to be put to death?

What a skeptic!! You've never woken up in the morning and suddenly remembered an event from 20 years ago that would clear a convicted murderer? ;o)

[kenth]

During his 26 years in prison, he transformed himself into a five-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, a prolific author of children’s books, and an anti-gang-violence activist.

Too bad he never learned how to bring back the dead.

[Tamar1973]

Specifically, the book is dedicated to Nelson Mandela, Angela Davis, Malcolm X, Assata Shakur, Geronimo Ji Jaga Pratt, Ramona Africa, John Africa, Leonard Peltier, Dhoruba Al-Mujahid, George Jackson, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and the countless other men, women, and youths who have to endure the hellish oppression of living behind bars.” ....Let’s revisit the list of names that cost Williams his life. ...And they’re all publicly recognized political activists. They all spent time in jail and were all internationally recognized to varying degrees as “political prisoners.”

Publically recognized by who? Other liberal "activists" like Amnesty International or the Nobel Committee?! In jail for what? Violent crimes, not "political" issues.

[i_dont_chat]

He had to die because that was his sentence after a fair trial.

[Sister_T]

[WasDougsLamb]

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger violently silenced one of the world’s most outspoken supporters of nonviolence—all in the name of combating violence.

******Fixed to tell the truth.

******California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger FINALLY silenced one of the world’s most outspoken supporters of GANG VIOLENCE all in the name of PROMOTING MURDER.