Large crowd expected at Tookie's funeral

Few condemned inmates have generated as much public support as Stanley Tookie Williams, and so much post-execution attention.

Few condemned inmates have generated as much public support as Stanley Tookie Williams, and so much post-execution attention. The final send-off for the former gang leader executed last week promises to be no different.

A funeral normally reserved for a dignitary or religious leader was scheduled for today, almost exactly a week after Williams was executed by lethal injection for murdering four people during a pair of 1979 robberies.

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