The State of California Has Executed Tookie Williams
By John Simerman and Kiley Russell
Contra Costa Times
December 13, 2005
Stanley Tookie Williams was executed by lethal injection early this morning, ending an emotionally charged campaign to spare the co-founder of the notorious Crips street gang.
Williams, 51, was pronounced dead at 12:35 a.m. after spending nearly half his life on death row.
During the process to inject him with the lethal combination of drugs, Williams appeared frustrated when the prison staff seemed to have difficulty inserting an IV into his left arm. [...]
Click here for the full Contra Costa Times article.
Contra Costa Times
December 13, 2005
Stanley Tookie Williams was executed by lethal injection early this morning, ending an emotionally charged campaign to spare the co-founder of the notorious Crips street gang.
Williams, 51, was pronounced dead at 12:35 a.m. after spending nearly half his life on death row.
During the process to inject him with the lethal combination of drugs, Williams appeared frustrated when the prison staff seemed to have difficulty inserting an IV into his left arm. [...]
Click here for the full Contra Costa Times article.
posted by Sean M. Madden at
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1 Comments:
Oh dear! Sounds like a horrible botched execution.
That the Governor lacks the courage to do what was right, leads me to see him a a pathetic wimp, something of a shiver looking for a spine to creep up. It is sad that the US has such poor leaders that they ally a great nation with the likes of Saudi Arabia, Iran and China in maintaining this barbarity.
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