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Execution Scheduled

Submitted by Sarah on Mon, 12/12/2005 - 5:59pm.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to block the execution early Tuesday of Stanley Tookie Williams, rejecting the notion that the founder of the murderous Crips gang had atoned for his crimes and found redemption on death row.

With a federal court refusing to grant a reprieve, Williams, 51, was set to die by injection at San Quentin Prison just after midnight for murdering four people during two 1979 holdups.

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US ex-gang boss denied clem

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Tue, 12/13/2005 - 12:16am.

US ex-gang boss denied clemency
The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has denied clemency to former Crips gang leader Stanley "Tookie" Williams.

Williams, 51, is now scheduled for execution at 0001 (0801GMT) on Tuesday.
On Monday evening, the US Supreme Court refused a stay of execution, as had California's Supreme Court and a federal appeals court.
A high-profile campaign with celebrity backing has fought to save Williams, who denies four murders in 1979.
With the rejection of his appeal by the US Supreme Court, Williams has exhausted all legal avenues.
He will be executed by lethal injection just after midnight local time at San Quentin prison, north of San Francisco.
Several hundred of his supporters have gathered at the prison gates to protest his innocence, burning candles, beating drums and singing.
The BBC's Peter Bowes says the atmosphere is growing increasingly tense, as the hour of Williams' execution approaches.

"His execution also drew

Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 12/13/2005 - 11:04am.

"His execution also drew fierce criticism in Europe, where politicians in Schwarzenegger's native Austria called for his name to be removed from a sports stadium in his hometown."

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"I do not wish his death

Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 12/13/2005 - 11:33am.

"I do not wish his death or any death by the hand of the state. But in turning him into a marytr, the victims of the Crips lie as a footnote when they should be the story."

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