Gangster faces execution after clemency plea fails

Gangster Stanley Tookie Williams will be killed by lethal injection today after California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to block his execution.

Gangster faces execution after clemency plea fails
Tue, 13 Dec, 2005 - 07:11

Gangster Stanley Tookie Williams will be killed by lethal injection today after California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to block his execution.

The Hollywood actor-turned politician last night rejected the notion that Williams, co-founder of the murderous Crips gang, had atoned for his crimes and found redemption on death row.

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CourtsStanley ’Tookie’ WilliamsPlace: San Quentin PrisonPlace: WhittierPlace: Los AngelesPlace: CaliforniaPerson: Stanley Tookie WilliamsPerson: Arnold SchwarzeneggerPerson: WilliamsPerson: Williams’Person: SchwarzeneggerPerson: Bruce GordonPerson: presidentPerson: Albert OwensPerson: Yen-I YangPerson: Tsai-Shai Chen YangPerson: Yu-Chin Yang LinPerson: Ronald ReaganPerson: George JacksonPerson: Jamie FoxxPerson: Snoop DoggPerson: Sister Helen PrejeanOrganisation: HollywoodOrganisation: Crips gangOrganisation: 9th US Circuit of AppealsOrganisation: US Supreme CourtOrganisation: National Association for the Advancement of Coloured PeopleOrganisation: 7-ElevenOrganisation: RepublicanOrganisation: The Crips
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