Crips Founder/Children's Author To Be Executed

[Walter Cronkite]

Jamie Foxx Wants Clemency for "Tookie"

Jamie Foxx turns 38 on December 13th, the same day that Crips co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams is scheduled to be executed. He's hoping that the latter doesn't happen.

According to Fox News, the only birthday present Foxx wants from California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is clemency for Williams. Foxx portrayed Williams in the 2004 TV movie Redemption: The Stan "Tookie" Williams Story , which was directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall and also starred Lynn Whitfield.

After being sentenced to death in 1981 for the murders of a Los Angeles area 7-Eleven manager and three other people at a motel, Williams was sent to San Quentin, where he has already served 24 years.

Since the conviction, Williams' life has taken serious turn. He denounced gang violence and strives to bring peace between the Bloods and Crips factions in Los Angeles. He has written nine children's books promoting peace, which resulted in two nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize and one nomination for the Nobel in Literature. President George W. Bush even gave him the Presidential Call to Service Award this year for his volunteer efforts to help youth.

In 1992, a judge recommended clemency rather than execution. Supporters of Williams are still hoping Gov. Schwarzenegger will follow this recommendation. An online petition has been posted requesting Gov. Schwarzenegger to halt the execution of Williams by granting him clemency.

"We can't let it happen," Foxx told Fox News Sunday night at the premiere of his new film Jarhead. "We've got to do everything we can to get the word out. Do you know they've collected nearly 30,000 signatures so far?"

Source: sohh.com

[Short Irish Guy]

I only wish I could flip the switch...

[poetic mind]

thats a horrible thing to say but then again i understand where your anger comes from

1) your short...so you get no respect and probably have a small penis
2) your irish...so thats even less respect
3) your an irish guy...so your probably drunk off ya ass right now



lol

[Short Irish Guy]

thats a horrible thing to say but then again i understand where your anger comes from

1) your short...so you get no respect and probably have a small penis
2) your irish...so thats even less respect
3) your an irish guy...so your probably drunk off ya ass right now

lol

You realize this guy is a convicted murder who founded and participated in one of the most violent street gangs in the history of this country, right? He deserves to die.

[poetic mind]

to be fair, he started the crips...he didnt make the whole gang turn into killers, rapists and so on...

its obvious to me that youve lived a very protected life...this man was an adolesent in the middle of a violent environment and did what he could to get soem money and survive...obviously it wasnt the most ethical way to do this, but the conditions were much worse than a "short irish guy" can imagine

now hes in jail and sees the error of his ways...isnt that what jails for anyway? to reform criminals? id say keep him alive in jail for the rest of his life so he can teach us more

[Modern Arts]

Let the guy live man. He is a better person now. He should at least be able to live in jail for the rest of his life.

[Short Irish Guy]

to be fair, he started the crips...he didnt make the whole gang turn into killers, rapists and so on...

You're right. He just participated and helped plan multiple murders AND agreed with the direction of the gang as it grew.

its obvious to me that youve lived a very protected life...this man was an adolesent in the middle of a violent environment and did what he could to get soem money and survive...obviously it wasnt the most ethical way to do this, but the conditions were much worse than a "short irish guy" can imagine

Justifying crime - nice. Yeah, I guess "South Boston" and the rampant crime comitted by the mostly Irish citizenry there hasn't reached your radar, kid. You obviously know nothing about my background, child. It's also obvious that you have little life experience outside of your small crime ridden 'hood.

now hes in jail and sees the error of his ways...isnt that what jails for anyway? to reform criminals? id say keep him alive in jail for the rest of his life so he can teach us more

Depends on what you want the end result of the penal system to be. For him, as far as I'm concerned - I want him to die.

[J-Rock]

IF U GUYZ R GONNA START TAKIN QUOTES OUTTA THA BIBLE, GOD SAYS RESPECT THE SINNER, AN IF U SEEN THA DOCUMENTRY, HE ACTUALLY ORGANIZED THA TREATY, I THINK THINGZ WOULD BE ALOT WORSE IF THA NEVER HAPPENED, YEAH HE KILL'D PPL, A COUPLE OF UR FAVOURITE RAPPERS KILL'D PPL, AN U BUMP THER CD'S , AN U HYPOCRITS THINK TOOKIE SHUD DIE, I THINK DIE'N IN PRISON IS WORSE THEN DEATH PENALTY, I"D BE HAPPY WIT A NEEDLE,

[Short Irish Guy]

IF U GUYZ R GONNA START TAKIN QUOTES OUTTA THA BIBLE, GOD SAYS RESPECT THE SINNER, AN IF U SEEN THA DOCUMENTRY, HE ACTUALLY ORGANIZED THA TREATY, I THINK THINGZ WOULD BE ALOT WORSE IF THA NEVER HAPPENED, YEAH HE KILL'D PPL, A COUPLE OF UR FAVOURITE RAPPERS KILL'D PPL, AN U BUMP THER CD'S , AN U HYPOCRITS THINK TOOKIE SHUD DIE, I THINK DIE'N IN PRISON IS WORSE THEN DEATH PENALTY, I"D BE HAPPY WIT A NEEDLE,

Thanks, public school system...

[Kellie-Girl]

First of all Short Irish Guy is just a little prick with a short man complex. I don't know why his mommy lets him play on her computer.

When it comes to the death penalty I'm 50/50. To me it depends on the crime and if the person changed and become a better person while in prison. What he did was very bad, but look what he has done since. He has stopped the war between the bloods and crips in LA, and wrote books. I just think he should die in prison, not in the chair.

[poetic mind]

short irish guy...your a dick...thats pretty much it...if you want somone who has reformed his ways to still die...than your just a dick

and yes a do live in a "crime ridden hood" so i know muhc more than any irish violence...boston is for pussys i live in southern chi...not the worst part of southside but its still pretty bad...so dont tell me how violent an irish part of boston is you dumb 27 year old bitch

your 27 and still dont have the wisdom to comprehend mercy? you just go straight to the logical thought of "an eye for an eye" huh...i hope God has more mercy on you than youve shown you have

[Short Irish Guy]

short irish guy...your a dick...thats pretty much it...if you want somone who has reformed his ways to still die...than your just a dick

Go back to school, child.

and yes a do live in a "crime ridden hood" so i know muhc more than any irish violence...boston is for pussys i live in southern chi...not the worst part of southside but its still pretty bad...so dont tell me how violent an irish part of boston is you dumb 27 year old bitch

So the fact that you're poor, your parents are poor (probably because your mom is a whore and you don't have a father - typical black behavior), and you live in what I'm assuming is Chicago gives you traction here? Hardly, kid.

your 27 and still dont have the wisdom to comprehend mercy

I compehend the concept of mercy. I choose not to apply it in this instance.

you just go straight to the logical thought of "an eye for an eye" huh...i hope God has more mercy on you than youve shown you have

I don't believe in God but if I did he would have to show me mercy

[Modern Arts]

So the fact that you're poor, your parents are poor (probably because your mom is a whore and you don't have a father - typical black behavior), and you live in what I'm assuming is Chicago gives you traction here? Hardly, kid.

So is making racist statements like that typical white behavior?

What does race have to do with this topic? Get a life man.

[Short Irish Guy]

So is making racist statements like that typical white behavior?

It's not racist when it's the truth, child.

[Modern Arts]

It's not racist when it's the truth, child.

Ok there cock boy. So I guess we should just abort Black babies and put Blacks in prision for no reason

You're acting like the sterotypical White male. How nice of you to over look all the good Black people have done. You just dwell on the negative. Let me guess you must of been picked on in high school lol