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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?

Here again is the link from the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office in opposition to clemency for Williams.

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.

And although half serious, there is now talk in Republican circles to challenge Governor Schwarzenegger from the RIGHT in next June’s GOP Primary.

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 Clemency

Stanley “Tookie” Williams Watch: FLAP Over “Tookie Must Die”

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

Thanks Michael……

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

For those interested in the disgraceful details of avarice here is a link to Cunningham’s plea agreement.

Previously:

California Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham Admits Guilt and Resigns

He must have been nuts … Geoffrey Huish

The Darwin Awards:

This fellow will certainly qualify for an award.

The Sydney Morning Herald has Rugby fan can’t explain self-mutilation

A rugby fan who cut out his testicles with wire cutters to mark a Wales victory is at a loss to explain why he did it.

Geoffrey Huish, 31, performed the impromptu self-surgery in February when his beloved Wales beat world champions England.

After performing the deed, Mr Huish put his severed anatomy in a bag and took them to his local social club to show fellow fans.

He collapsed with blood loss and was rushed to hospital but surgeons could not reattach his missing parts.

Good God, can you even imagine……….?

Grab this conversation from the cutter……

He was put in a psychiatric ward but has no history of mental illness and was at a loss to explain why he did it.

“I’d told my pal Gethin Probert before the game that Wales didn’t stand a chance,” Mr Huish told The Sun.

“It wasn’t a bet but I said I’d cut my b*lls off if we won.

“I listened to the game on the radio at home by myself.

“After the match I got up for a pee and saw the cutters in the bathroom.

“Gethin had left them after repairing the chain on my toilet.

“I remembered what I’d said and thought he had left them for me.

“I thought ‘Oh no, I haven’t got to do anything like that have I’ and then I thought ‘You can do it’.

“So I started hacking away at my tackle.

“It took about 10 minutes and there was quite a bit of pain but I just kept going.

“The cutters were blunt so I had to keep snipping.”

After picking his testicles from the toilet bowl, he went to the social club.

“I went in and shouted out ‘I’ve done it!’,” Mr Huish said.

“I took my b*lls out and passed them in the bag to a friend.

“Some people then laid me on the floor.”

Mr Huish continues to see a psychiatrist.

“I think about what happened every day and still haven’t come up with a good reason why,” he said.

“I’d had a lot going on and felt a bit down.

“I can’t have kids now but still want a family – maybe I’ll adopt.”

Flap cannot imagine the pain and the psychological trauma and……..

the high squeaky voice………… j/k

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