CRIPS FOUNDER “TOOKIE” WILLIAMS – EXECUTION OR CLEMENCY?

The founder of the Crips gang, Stanley “Tookie” Williams, is scheduled to be executed on December 13th at San Quentin State Prison. Williams was convicted of committing four brutal murders in 1979, but has always maintained his innocence. He has lost all appeals, and a group of religious leaders and death penalty opponents has just petitioned the Governor to grant him clemency. They believe “Tookie” Williams has been rehabilitated. Larry Mantle speaks with Joe Hicks and Earl Ofari Hutchinson about the case.

The founder of the Crips gang, Stanley “Tookie” Williams, is scheduled to be executed on December 13th at San Quentin State Prison. Williams was convicted of committing four brutal murders in 1979, but has always maintained his innocence. He has lost all appeals, and a group of religious leaders and death penalty opponents has just petitioned the Governor to grant him clemency. They believe “Tookie” Williams has been rehabilitated. Larry Mantle speaks with Joe Hicks and Earl Ofari Hutchinson about the case.