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Stanley “Tookie” Williams Watch: Scenes From An Execution
Protesters battle to get their signs in front of the cameras outside of San Quentin State prison in San Quentin, Calif., Monday, Dec. 12, 2005. The man in the center, who asked to not be identified, was one of few pro-death penalty protesters on scene. Crips gang founder Stanley Tookie Williams lost a last-ditch Supreme Court appeal that sought to stop his execution early Tuesday in California.
Michelle Malkin has THE TOOKIE FILES: NOTES ON THE FREAK SHOW
It’s a zoo outside San Quentin prison, where convicted murderer/Crips gang co-founder Stanley “Tookie” Williams is scheduled to die by injection at San Quentin Prison at 12:01am Pacific time for murdering four people during two 1979 holdups. Live KPIX video feed outside San Quentin here. (Hat tip: Reader Dave.) Photos via readers and Yahoo!:
Michelle is correct.
It is time to reflect on JUSTICE for the Victims:
THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS:
ALBERT OWENS
TSAI-SHAI YANG
YEN-I YANG
YE-CHEN LINand to ignore the Jesse Jackson’s and other media hogs………..
Bear Flag League Members commenting this evening:
Two hours before JUSTICE……….
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: United States Supreme Court Denies Stay – Tookie Will DIEStanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California Governor Schwarzenegger DENIES Clemency
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Ninth Circuit Rejects Last Minute Appeal
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Schwarzenegger Taking His Time on Clemency Decision
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California Supreme Court Refuses StayStanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: NO Sunday Decision for Schwarzenegger
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: The Foreign Media
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Execution DetailsStanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Los Angeles Councilmembers Urge Calm over Tookie Clemency
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: FATE in the Hands of California Governor Schwarzenegger
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Schwarzenegger Considers Tookie’s Fate
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Scenes from the Clemency Hearing
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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: United States Supreme Court Denies Stay – Tookie Will DIE
This undated photograph courtesy of the California Department of Corrections shows the San Quentin Prison execution chamber where Stanley ‘Tookie Williams’ is scheduled to die through lethal injection. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger denied clemency for Williams, a former gang leader turned anti-violence campaigner who is scheduled to be executed early 13 December 2005
The ASSociated Press has Supreme Court Denies Williams a Stay
Crips gang founder Stanley Tookie Williams lost a last-ditch Supreme Court appeal that sought to stop his execution early Tuesday in California.
Justices on Monday night refused without comment to intervene and block the execution, hours after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger also declined to spare Williams’ life.
The court’s action was not a surprise, because justices only rarely award stays in the last minute emergency appeals filed routinely on behalf of death row inmates.
Williams was appealing a decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals which said there was no “clear and convincing evidence of actual innocence” in the case.
The Los Angeles Times has Governor, Supreme Court Refuse to Halt Execution
The U.S. Supreme Court this evening refused to block the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams, hours after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected clemency for the convicted murderer and one of the founders of the Crips.
The governor’s decision was announced moments after a federal appeals court in San Francisco turned down Williams’ request for a stay of execution. Williams is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
A video of Governor’s Schwarzenegger’s denial of clemency is here.
The Governor’s statement is here.So, after 24 years of legal appeals Stanley Tookie Williams will be justly punished as prescribed by California law for murdering four innocent victims.
May he rest in peace and God have mercy on his soul.
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Technorati Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stanley Tookie Williams, Crips
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Stanley “Tookie” Williams Watch: California Governor Schwarzenegger DENIES Clemency
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, seen here 09 December 2005, denied clemency for Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams a former gang leader turned anti-violence campaigner who is scheduled to be executed early Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Times has Schwarzenegger Rejects Williams’ Bid for Clemency
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today rejected clemency for Stanley Tookie Williams, convicted murderer and one of the founders of the Crips.
The decision was announced moments after a federal appeals court in San Francisco turned down Williams’s request for a stay of execution. Williams is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
“Clemency cases are always difficult and this one is no exception,” Schwarzenegger said in a prepared statement.
“After studying the evidence, searching the history, listening to the arguments and wrestling with the profound consequences, I could find no justification for granting clemency. The facts do not justify overturning the jury’s verdict or the decisions of the courts in this case.”
Today’s double blow seems to ensure that Williams will be executed as scheduled. Williams supporters will seek to the U.S. Supreme Court intervene, but the governor was considered Williams’ best possibility
The state Supreme Court rejected a last-minute plea Sunday night, and today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the stay at 11:30 a.m.
It is possible that a larger panel of judges from the circuit could consider the case if a judge on the court asks for what is known as “en banc” review. If a majority of the circuit’s 25 active judges votes for a rehearing, a panel of 11 judge will then consider the case.
Barring last minute appeals, Tookie Williams WILL BE EXECUTED Tuesday morning……
The Governor did the RIGHT thing – with reflection, dignity and class.
The Governor’s five page statement is here.
Stay tuned…….
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Ninth Circuit Rejects Last Minute Appeal
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Schwarzenegger Taking His Time on Clemency Decision
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California Supreme Court Refuses StayStanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: NO Sunday Decision for Schwarzenegger
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: The Foreign Media
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Execution DetailsStanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Los Angeles Councilmembers Urge Calm over Tookie Clemency
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: FATE in the Hands of California Governor Schwarzenegger
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Schwarzenegger Considers Tookie’s Fate
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Scenes from the Clemency Hearing
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Execution
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Technorati Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stanley Tookie Williams, Crips
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Stanley “Tookie” Williams Watch: Ninth Circuit Rejects Last Minute Appeal
UPDATE:
Matt Drudge is reporting that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has DENIED the clemency petition.
Now, it is up to the United States Supreme court.
The Governor’s statement:“Clemency cases are always difficult and this one is no exception. After studying the evidence, searching the history, listening to the arguments and wrestling with the profound consequences, I could find no justification for granting clemency. The facts do not justify overturning the jury’s verdict or the decisions of the courts in this case.”
More………
DEATH CHAMBER: The lethal injection table at San Quentin. The identity of the person who inserts the poison is not revealed.
Reuters has Court rejects appeal before Calif. execution
A U.S. federal appeals court rejected a last-minute appeal on Monday to reconsider the evidence in the case of Stanley Tookie Williams, the former Crips gang leader slated to be executed at 12:01 a.m.(3:01 a.m. EDT/0801 GMT) on Tuesday.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which in February declined to reconsider the death penalty verdict against the high-profile inmate, rejected a renewed appeal filed on Sunday.
Also on Sunday the California Supreme Court rejected a similar appeal. Williams’ lawyers say they will also appeal on Monday to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has also declined to reopen the case in the past.
Barring unexpected court intervention, the last chance to stop the execution by lethal injection would be clemency from California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Stay tuned…. now it is up to the United States Supreme Court and the Governor……
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Schwarzenegger Taking His Time on Clemency Decision
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California Supreme Court Refuses StayStanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: NO Sunday Decision for Schwarzenegger
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: The Foreign Media
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Execution DetailsStanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Los Angeles Councilmembers Urge Calm over Tookie Clemency
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: FATE in the Hands of California Governor Schwarzenegger
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Schwarzenegger Considers Tookie’s Fate
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: California Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Execution
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Death Warrant Signed
Technorati Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stanley Tookie Williams, Crips
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Israel Readies Forces to Strike Nuclear Iran
Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stood by his latest controversial attack against Israel and boldly asserted the world was ‘on the verge of change.’
The Times has Israel readies forces for strike on nuclear Iran
ISRAEL’S armed forces have been ordered by Ariel Sharon, the prime minister, to be ready by the end of March for possible strikes on secret uranium enrichment sites in Iran, military sources have revealed.
The order came after Israeli intelligence warned the government that Iran was operating enrichment facilities, believed to be small and concealed in civilian locations.
Iran’s stand-off with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over nuclear inspections and aggressive rhetoric from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, who said last week that Israel should be moved to Europe, are causing mounting concern.
Israel will not initiative this operation alone. Flap knows it will be a joint (albeit covert) operation with the United States. Iran is asking for a nuclear conflagration……
Stay tuned….
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Stanley “Tookie” Williams Watch: Schwarzenegger Taking His Time on Clemency Decision
A guard watches the gates of San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005. Stanley Tookie Williams, co-founder of the Crips gang and a convicted murderer, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the prison early Tuesday.
George Skelton of the Los Angeles Times has Gov. Taking His Time to Make Right Decision
As this is being written Sunday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger still has not announced his life-or-death verdict on Stanley Tookie Williams. And that could mean several things.
It certainly means he is not rushing his decision, but using practically all the time available. Like governors before him, Schwarzenegger wants to be absolutely sure on this. No haunting doubts, no sleepless nights.
As of 5:00 AM PST, there has been no announcement from the Governor’s office.
Late last night the California Supreme Court refused to issue an emergency stay of execution.
And he needs to be able to explain his action, in detail — not only to a public that supports capital punishment but also to family and Hollywood friends who oppose it.
“You just have to have an open mind,” Schwarzenegger told reporters Friday, speaking of clemency decisions generally. “They are very heavy responsibilities.”
As for Williams, he added, “I am studying the whole thing, reading a lot … doing all the research on it so we make the right decision.”
Schwarzenegger is allowing the legal process to work.
Barring any last minute federal stay, Tookie Williams will be executed at 12:01 AM Tuesday.
“Clemency is very difficult to earn,” says former Gov. Pete Wilson, who permitted five killers to be executed. “If you’ve been guilty of a brutal murder, it seems to me you’re called upon to pay for it with your life.
“There is a very slippery slope that would encourage simulated redemption and good works to escape that penalty.”
Another reason clemency would be surprising is this: If there is one thing Schwarzenegger seems to firmly believe in, it is that a governor should follow the people’s will.Californians in 1978 voted to reinstate capital punishment, fitting it with new Supreme Court guidelines. And they still overwhelmingly favor it.
Schwarzenegger probably isn’t consciously pondering the political ramifications of his decision, but he is aware of public support for the death penalty. The last survey by the Field Poll on capital punishment, in March 2004, found that 68% of California voters favored it. That included 54% of Democrats and 87% of Republicans.
Historically, Californians’ support for the death penalty has ebbed and flowed. In 1956, 49% favored it; in 1971, 58%; in 1985, 83%; in 1997, 74%. Same poll question, different events in the news.
The political consequences will be major for Arnold should he grant clemency. It will certainly bring him a Republican primary challenge and in all likelyhood a loss in the June Republican primary election.
Norma Jean Cabrera, right, joins other protesters outside the gates of San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005, to demonstrate against the planned execution of Stanley Tookie Williams. Williams, co-founder of the Crips street gang and a convicted murderer, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the prison early Tuesday.
If Schwarzenegger were to grant clemency to Williams, says Republican consultant Kevin Spillane, “he’d dramatically lose support from conservatives. And he wouldn’t make up for it with new support from liberals or Crips gang members.”
Stay tuned……
Michelle Malkin has THE TOOKIE FILES: ARNOLD’S CHOICE
Veteran Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters assesses the politics of Schwarzenegger’s choice.
If Schwarzenegger’s new left-wing chief-of-staff, Susan Kennedy, holds any sway over the decision, Tookie may be breathing easier today (though Jill Stewart defends Kennedy here.)
Background on Kennedy from John Fund here.
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: The Foreign Media
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Execution DetailsStanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Los Angeles Councilmembers Urge Calm over Tookie Clemency
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: FATE in the Hands of California Governor Schwarzenegger
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Schwarzenegger Considers Tookie’s Fate
Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Scenes from the Clemency Hearing
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: Political Risks
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Stanley “Tookie†Williams Watch: A Tookie Store for Conservatives is NOW Open
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