Stan 'Tookie' Williams

[steve56]

agree with alan t and chattergi.he looked a mean guy.chatterji wrote:

> Well said Alan. The death penalty issue aside, the people who
> most deserve support after a crime of violence, and long-term
> support at that, are the victims and their families. When
> someone is killed the lives of their loved ones, who outlive
> them, are also destroyed. Whether you believe that justice
> should be based on redemption or vengeance, the focus and
> sympathy must be on the victims.
>
> Tookie Williams wasn't born an animal, he was trained to be one
> by his upbringing and environment, but in no way does that
> alter the facts of the acts he was directly and indirectly
> responsible for.
>
> I can think of several inmates currently on Death Row far more
> deserving of empathy than he was. There are some extremely
> dubious convictions slapped on some poor unfortunates still on
> Death Row, who happened to be tried in the wrong states. I
> never forgot watching Fourteen Days In May and even though I'm
> neutral on the death-penalty issue, Clive Stafford Smith is an
> admirable lawyer...not words I've ever put next to one another
> before.
>
>

[chapel2k]

I think someone put it best on another board I post at.
" So this poor guy has reformed himself, but doesn't get the chance to live the rest of his life? Wow, that sounds a lot like the people he killed."

End of the day its not big fucking loss as far as I`m concerned.