| Thursday, December 01, 2005 |
| Opinionated post-feel free to ignore me |
Have y'all heard of the guy in CA that is scheduled to be executed on the 12th? I can't remember his name, and am not so anal (right now) to have to go look it up; he's one of the founders of the original CA street gangs that ruined so many peoples' lives, and was convicted back in the 80s for the murder of 4 people. He's "reformed" since in jail, and has been writing anti-gang themed children's books with the proceeds going to various charitable foundations. Now that they've nailed down his execution date, there's a bunch of celebrities speaking out now saying that he's reformed and his sentence should be commuted to a life term. The Supreme Court has already declined to review the case-the only hope he has now is the proverbial call from The Governator.
My point (and I DO have one) is this...he was sentenced to death for the murders-his behaviour AFTER the fact should have NO bearing on his fate. He killed four people. That's four people that were someones son or daughter, and possibly someones mom or dad. You can safely assume that for each person he killed, there are at least 3 people whose lives were changed drastically and for that moment, quite dreadfully. I don't care that he's writing children's books. I don't care that he's a great person. He's a great person now because he's monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. He's stripped searched and has his every belonging meticulously analyzed at least once a week. Of COURSE he's behaving himself. Has he brought those four people back to life? Has he provided a new parent for the children he left orphaned when he killed those 4 people? I'm willing to bet he has not.
Therefore, I feel that if 12 Californians felt back in the 80s that this man's crime was heinous enough to deserve the death penalty, a little prison redemption and some charity work is not enough spackle to fill in the gaping maw left in his moral fiber. It's easy to be penitent when you have very little other choice.
He
Murdered
FOUR
People.
THAT is what his sentence was based on. That is what the Governator should consider when deliberating the case.
By the way, his name is Stanley Tookie Williams...yes, I finally went and looked it up. Go read up on him at Google News. |
posted by Jen @ 8:21 PM  |
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Wouldn't it be nice if they actually executed people closer to the actual date of their sentence rather than dragging it on for 20 plus years? Seriously. Glad he did some good since then, but the sentence was for the murders he committed.
Dawn II
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Wouldn't it be nice if they actually executed people closer to the actual date of their sentence rather than dragging it on for 20 plus years? Seriously. Glad he did some good since then, but the sentence was for the murders he committed.
Dawn II