Cory Maye of Mississippi and Stanley “Tookie” Williams of California had two very different pasts before they landed on death row — Williams in 1981 and Maye in 2004. Maye had no criminal record before killing a policeman who had…

Somehow, we black people here in SCLA managed to control our “animal nature” and not riot, in spite of the cynical attempt by certain elements of the “Tookie” support to egg us on and in spite of those on the…

cruel and/or unusual? punishment? you tell me. no marlboros? – in 2005, governator signed a bill prohibiting smoking in all california prisons. if rotting in an 8×8 weren’t bad enough, now you don’t even get to puff! to make

“I hate to see their display at Easter.” The link at the bottom comes via Michelle Malkin, who also offers up an item titled “Notes On The (Tookie) Freak Show. Ordinarily, I would consider mention of the California execution of…

A grave injustice was done in California today. Stanley “Tookie” Williams was execu…

Convicted killer Williams put to death in Calif. SAN FRANCISCO – Convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, the Crips gang co-founder whose case stirred a national debate about capital punishment versus the possibility of redemption, was executed Tuesda…

Convicted killer Williams put to death in Calif. SAN FRANCISCO – Convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, the Crips gang co-founder whose case stirred a national debate about capital punishment versus the possibility of redemption, was executed Tuesda…

Stanley “Tookie” Williams was executed last night, expiring at 12:36 AM Pacific Time according to the TV news. Pajamas has a big round-up, with lots of links. Update: Michelle Malkin has a detailed post with photos of the mayhem outside…

Schwarzenegger se ha creído que es un terminator de verdad y ha mandado ejecutar a una víctima de la pobreza que empuja a los jóvenes a las bandas, que se había rehabilitado y que había sido nominado al premio Nobel…

Stanley “Tookieâ€� Williams, Nobel Prize nominee and writer of children books was slaughtered by conservative bigots this morning at San Quentin Prison. After numerous appellate courts refused to rehear the case, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refus…

THE BLOGOSPHERE – Pajamas Media has a good hour-by-hour roundup of bloggers’ comments on the execution. I’ve been critical of Pajamas / OSM / Open-Source / Pajamas Media in the past, but they did a pretty darn good job on this. Blogs4God presents a g…

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to grant clemency to Stanley “Tookie” Williams because, in the governor’s words,

I have not written before about the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams because I have always been ambivalent about the death penalty and didn’t know much about the particular case. I have read a fair amount in the blogosphere, in

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