Schwarzenegger refuses to spare life of gang founder

Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to block the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams, rejecting the notion that the founder of the murderous Crips gang had atoned for his crimes and found redemption on death row.

Schwarzenegger refuses to spare life of gang founder

Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to block the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams, rejecting the notion that the founder of the murderous Crips gang had atoned for his crimes and found redemption on death row.

With the US Supreme Court rejecting his final appeal, Williams, 51, is set to die by injection at San Quentin Prison at 8:01 Irish time for murdering four people during two 1979 hold-ups.

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