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  • CA: Court clears execution path for Crips founder, children's author ('Tookie' Williams)

    02/02/2005 1:00:59 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 12 replies · 832+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 2/2/05 | David Kravets - AP
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday said Stanley "Tookie" Williams, a founder of the notorious Crips street gang who was nominated for a Noble Peace Prize while in prison, can be executed for killing four people in 1981. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to grant Williams another hearing based on his argument that prosecutors violated his rights when they dismissed all potential black jurors from hearing the case. Agreement from a majority of the 24 active judges is required to grant a rehearing. Judge Johnnie Rawlinson was joined by eight other judges in...