December 13, 2005
The Death Penalty In Perspective
No doubt there are quite a few folks out there who've stopped by this website who are philosophically opposed to the death penalty. There may even be some who are disgusted at my own observations of the execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams.
True, my comments may seem a bit offensive, but not nearly as offensive as the attempt by some - especially in Hollywoodland - to glorify a cold-blooded murderer to the point of deifying him. As far as I'm concerned, the 24 years that Tookie Williams spent on death row was 24 years of life more than he deserved. Certainly his innocent victims would have been grateful for just 24 more hours of life to spend with the loved ones they left behind. Williams denied them that.
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That
is a pretty good argument in favor of capital punishment, but in the situation the author outlined, where the career criminal has just committed a crime which would guarantee him life in prison, is the difference between death and life in prison really going to cause him to turn himself in when face-to-face with an arresting officer? He's not really going to turn himself in at that point in order to avoid the death penalty is he? As for the clerk, these days its all about the cameras is it not? Though I can see criminal situations where murdering the witness
would become the rational choice. Still, I'd question how much weight such a cold-blooded criminal would give to the hypothetical execution vs. life imprisonment. Also, this could be a point against the use minimum sentencing guidelines like the 3 strikes law.
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Posted by: David Hunter at January 09, 2006 08:10 PM (hCm6g)
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So Long, Took
It is
done.
Vince Aut Morire does his best Toni Basil impression to bring you an ode to Tookie Williams and his Hollywood cheering section.
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December 12, 2005
De-NIED!
Federal Appeals Court
refuses to grant clemency to Tookie. Less than twelve hours to go. It's all on The Terminator's shoulders now. And the minutes are "dripping" by....
UPDATE: Arnold says nuh-uh. Sorry Took. Time to go.
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Too-too Tookie Goodbye, Too-too Tookie your fried!I crack myself up.I am surprised that Anold had the cojones to do it. I thought for sure he would bow to the left and give in thus proving his true ineffectiveness and his true slant to the left.
Posted by: Chris at December 13, 2005 03:57 PM (rm2LC)
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Will The Crip Get The Drip?
Neal Boortz is predicting that Gov. Schwarzenegger
will puss-out today and grant clemency to cold-blooded murderer/gang founder/children's book author Stanley "Tookie" Williams, who's scheduled to get the big shot at 12:01am Tuesday morning.
It won't happen. First, the federal courts are likely to grant a stay or two. After all, he was only sentenced about 24 years ago. What's the rush? Secondly, I believe that the main reason the execution of Tookie Williams won't be executed is because Schwarzenegger knows full well that as soon as Tookie's death is announced there will be riots in South Central Los Angeles and elsewhere. The huge media exploitation of this story has made drop-dead sure of that. There are thugs just waiting for an excuse ... not a reason, an excuse. The rioting, of course, will lead to wide scale looting. There are a lot of aspiring rappers and NBA superstars who could really use a nice flat-screen television right now.
Boortz of course is being a little tongue-in-cheek here, but being a cynic he probably believes it. Call me pollyanna, but I have a feeling that Arnold will hold to his oath of office and allow the "termination", in the best interest of the people of Cal-ee-forn-ee-a.
Flap's Blog has a Tookie Death Watch going.
Details of Tookie's crimes here and here (thanks to Sister Toldjah)
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Classic post title!
Posted by: Sadie at December 12, 2005 01:11 PM (xV63t)
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Yeah I'll bet there will be riots, especially now that the Koreans have ample supplies of shotgun shells. Tok, tok, tookie goodbye, tok tok, tookie don't cry!
Posted by: TJ Jackson at December 13, 2005 12:45 AM (1fKmK)
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