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| Gov. Schwarzenegger Mulls Clemency for Williams |
| 2005-11-26 |
| Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday he would consider granting clemency to convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, the Crips gang founder who became an anti-gang activist while in prison and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The governor said he would meet Dec. 8 in a private hearing with Williams' lawyers, Los Angeles County prosecutors and others involved. Schwarzenegger has the authority to commute a death sentence to life without parole, but he is not obligated to hold a hearing. In Schwarzenegger's case, he decides clemency requests on a "case-by-case basis," spokeswoman Margita Thompson said. Two other clemency petitions have come before Schwarzenegger. Neither was granted. Williams, 51, faces a lethal injection on Dec. 13 for the 1979 slayings of a Whittier convenience store clerk and three people at a Pico Rivera motel. He has maintained his innocence and has asked the California Supreme Court to reopen his case, alleging shoddy forensics wrongly connected him to three of the murders. The Supreme Court hasn't ruled on the petition. Los Angeles County prosecutors and victims' relatives have demanded his execution. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #5 You know back in the old days, these issues were usually resolved by the offended family offing the SOB. Then the state stepped into the process and said that to stop then unending cycle of vendetta, it, the state would provide justice. Now the state is forfeiting that responsibility it assumed. If the state is unwilling or unable to provide the victims justice, then it is time the state return the power back to the people it took it from. Its not a choice of whether or not the state should do it. It is the responsibility of the state to do it or get out of the process. |
| Posted by: Ulease Threreper2133 2005-11-26 09:09 |
| #4 This Nobel Peace Prize has lost it's punch with me ever since they awarded it to Arafat. Hope the governator terminates him. |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-11-26 09:01 |
| #3 Arnold: "...............no" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-26 01:12 |
| #2 Nobel Peace Prize Thats what we call a gutter ball. |
| Posted by: bowlingforfatteam 2005-11-26 00:46 |
| #1 Tookie Williams has not demonstrated true remorse. There is no reason to commute his well deserved death penalty. This maggot has sent countless hundreds of victims and young gang members to their deaths with his hideous Crips syndicate. Yet, he refuses to help dismantle this mob that he knows so well. The needle is too good. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-26 00:38 |