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Gaggle – Newbusters.org
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Stanley “Tookie” Williams Watch: Tookie’s “Human Angel”
Barbara Becnel has edited Williams’ books and fought for clemency.
The Los Angeles Times and Dog Trainer has Telling His Story to Save His Life
So obscure that his conviction for four murders barely made headlines, death row inmate Stanley Tookie Williams owes his notoriety as much to a determined woman who stood by him and to committed death penalty opponents as to his shift from gangster to anti-gang activist.
During a jailhouse visit in 1993 to research a book on gangs, writer Barbara Becnel discovered that Williams, who is scheduled to be executed Dec. 13, had renounced his gang past. Over the next two years, Becnel shed her doubts about the co-founder of the Crips and helped him work to persuade youths to avoid gangs.
She arranged for Williams to speak by telephone to youth and criminal justice groups, and edited his series of children’s books. Death penalty opponents also took up his cause, pushing him into the limelight by nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize and the Nobel Prize for literature, prestigious nominations that are surprisingly easy to make.
Eventually Becnel negotiated a deal for the movie “Redemption,” which starred Jamie Foxx as Williams.
Too bad Becnel did not raise money for victim’s rights.
How about the four victims that William’s brutally murdered?
READ ALL OF ITS 57 PAGES and answer the question………
Does Tookie deserve the BIG JAB?
A correction to what was previously reported:
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will NOT be meeting with the victims’ family members at the December 8th clemency hearing – ONLY THEIR ATTORNEYS.
Flap thinks this will become more of a reality if the Governator goes LIMP and grants clemency for Tookie Williams.
Stay tuned……
Previously:
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Isn’t it The Truth By Cobb
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Schwarzenegger to Hold Private Clemency Hearing
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California Governor Schwarzenegger MULLS ClemencyStanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: FLAP Over “Tookie Must Dieâ€
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Jesse Jackson, Bianca Jagger Plead for LIFE
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: SNOOP DOGG BEGS SCHWARZENEGGER FOR CLEMENCY
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California’s Life-and-Death Politics
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Death Warrant Signed
Technorati Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stanley Tookie Williams, Crips
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Stanley “Tookie” Williams Watch: Isn’t it The Truth By Cobb
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: California Governor to Call Special Election to Replace Cunningham
Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, R-Calif., wipes away tears while reading a statement outside the federal courthouse in San Diego after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery.
The Los Angeles Times has Schwarzenegger Cannot Appoint Successor to Cunningham
Once Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger receives official notification of the resignation of Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-Rancho Santa Fe), he has two weeks to call a special election in the 50th Congressional District. Unlike a Senate vacancy, he cannot appoint a successor.
The law allows the governor to tack an election onto a previously scheduled election, so a special election to complete Cunningham’s term could be held in June, when a primary will be held anyway for candidates seeking a full two-year term in Cunningham’s old district.
The special election for this coveted “SAFE” Republican Congressional seat (with Flap receiving numerous solicitation e-mails) has started and the election will not be held for over six months.
The candidate winning the special election would have to run again in November to earn a two-year term. In a special election, any candidate receiving a majority of votes is declared the winner without a runoff.
Francine Busby, a school board member in Cardiff, had announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination even before the federal government launched an investigation into Cunningham’s financial links to military contractors.
Although the district, stretching from La Jolla to Carlsbad and inland to Escondido, is 45% Republican and 30% Democratic, Busby has long asserted that Cunningham’s conservatism was out of step with voters.
Jockeying in the Republican ranks began as soon as Cunningham announced in July that he would not seek reelection.
State Sen. Bill Morrow and former Assemblyman Howard Kaloogian have announced their candidacies. Other possible GOP candidates include county Supervisor Pam Slater-Price, former Rep. Brian Bilbray, former Del Mar Mayor Richard Earnest, Assemblyman Mark Wyland, business leader Allan Uke and former San Diego Mayor Susan Golding.
A conservative affluent district which votes Republican – a prize by any standard for the GOP.
Let the campaign begin………
Handicapping of the race shortly……
Update #1
Previously:
California Congressman Randy “Duke†Cunningham Admits Guilt and Resigns -
Day By Day by Chris Muir