Tookie Williams Is Denied Clemency

Governor Schwarzenegger denied clemency to Tookie Williams. That means, short of a miracle, he will be executed tonight. I don't even really know what to say and I'm at work so I'm not going to think about it too long. This is what my LP calls containing my emotions for a moment that I can deal with them in a manner of my choosing.

Comments

[beebs]

The worst part is that the Governator (never has that term fit more) stated to the press that one really needs to look at this from a situation to situation basis and make room for leniencies where needed: how much more of a special situation could this be. Secondly- the top higher court judges around the nation were quoted as saying Tookie was the poster child for rehabilitation. We're losing the war here- its going to be a police state any minute now.

[beebs]

The worst part is that the Governator (never has that term fit more) stated to the press that one really needs to look at this from a situation to situation basis and make room for leniencies where needed: how much more of a special situation could this be. Secondly- the top higher court judges around the nation were quoted as saying Tookie was the poster child for rehabilitation. We're losing the war here- its going to be a police state any minute now.

[Qiana]

It is amazing to me how a man not even from the USA can be elected as Govenor of California.He has been given power to make decision in which I feel he should not have any rights at all. This same man I admired at one point and time and respected.And now I dispise his whole reason for being. Arnold Swartzenegger. After the execution of Stanley "Tookie Williams my thoughts and feelings about him has vanished.
Arnold swartzenegger played in movies such as the Terminator a movie that had much to do with killing and violence. If everyone in the world was to follow his example of being a roll model he would have a very negative impact on many people. Shouldn't he be held responsible for the deaths of those whom may acted in a brutal and harsh way due to watching one of his flicks. Should he get the death penalty as well. Basickly the Govenor held tookie williams responsible for the many lives taken from the world because of what someone else chose to do. Yes he may have been the founder of the gang, but the reason for him creating this gang was initially not to promote violence but to protect ones self.People just took things way out of line and now look a man whom well served more than enough time in prison life is gone because of the prejudice that still stands today about people of color. Why are we such a threat?Could it be that we have something that white people are frightend of. They seen a black man with entirely too much power and they had to get rid of him. Look at Martin Luther King, Megar Evens. These were all black leaders with power beyond measure, and the thought of a black man with that much power is something white man fear. Think about it! People looked up to Tookie Williams just as they do Arnold Swartzeneggar but you don't hear people talking about how they are trying to asacinate him. Aint that somthing we are back to slavery. Praising the white man for killing a black man and killing the black man just because he is a black man. Not because they had proof of these brutal killings but because they feared what he was capable of.