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  • High court says execute Crips founder (Stanley "Tookie" Williams)

    10/11/2005 4:29:14 PM PDT · by calcowgirl · 108 replies · 3,970+ views
    AP - San Diego Union Tribune ^ | Oct 11, 2005 | David Kravets
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to take the case of California death row inmate Stanley "Tookie" Williams, a founder of the Crips street gang whose later work for peace won him Nobel Peace Prize nominations. Williams, who has been praised for his children's books and efforts to curtail youth gang violence, likely will be executed in December if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger does not grant clemency. The 51-year-old former gang member claims Los Angeles County prosecutors violated his rights when they dismissed all potential black jurors. Williams, who claims he is innocent, is in line to be...