Appeals Exhausted, Crips Founder Executed

CNN reports that both the Supreme Court and Governor of California refused to halt Tuesday's 12.01 am execution of Crips Gang co-founder Stanley Tookie Williams (51).

In refusing to grant clemency, Governor Schwarzenegger said,"Based on the cumulative weight of the evidence, there is no reason to second-guess the jury's decision of guilt or raise significant doubts or serious reservations about Williams' convictions and death sentence."

Williams was convicted of killing four people in Los Angeles in 1979; he was given a death sentence in 1981.

From Around About: Death Penalty in America, Death Penalty: The Only Justice for Killers?, Race and the Death Penalty - Is the Life of a White Person Worth More?, Recent Legal History of the Death Penalty in America, Top 10 Capital Punishment Videos

Technorati Profile
Technorati tags: Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Politics
gada.be tags: Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Politics