Stanley Tookie Williams - "Rest In Peace" or "Burn In Hell?"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/13/SCENE.TMP&feed=rss.news
The imminently quotable Gen. George S. Patton once said that punishment "is not for the benefit of the sinner, it is for the salvation of his comrades." Under that rubric, it is easy to see why execution was in order for a man who allegedly brutally murdered four people and admitted to founding a supergang and culture that murdered many hundreds more.
Had he confessed and publically admitted wrongdoing and begged for mercy - the embattled Gov. Terminator would have had little room to ignore him. Clemency is legal-speak for a plea for mercy, and mercy is requested from a position of powerlessness - not from lawyers, Hollywood types, and Swiss legislators. This sort of desperate plea would have provided the education that the State wished to provide Tookie's fellows. Having this, sparing Tookie's life would have been an easy favor.
Whether Tookie died on a gurney in spite of his support, or he begged on his knees for his life - the message is clear, Tookie's path was not the right one.
Stanley "Tookie" Williams spent many of his years in prison turning kids away from gangs and crime. May his death today turn away many more - and lead to the salvation of his comrades.
another tale spun by ColeTrain @ 9:10 AM
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Three words - Burn in hell!
"who allegedly brutally murdered four people". There is no "allegedly" about it. He was convicted. Lost appeal after appeal. What do mean "allegedly".
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