eman65: gangworld:Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams, recruited by Raymond Washington and the C
eman65: gangworld: Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams, recruited by Raymond Washington and the Co-Founder of the crips; his gang, aligned with Washington’s, became the Original Westside Crips. He was arrested five months after the murder of Raymond Washington for a quadruple-murder of which he claimed his innocence until his dying day. Evidence in that case was flimsy at it’s very best, yet he was sentenced to death. During his years of incarceration, Tookie became an advocate against gang violence, and wrote several children’s books steering kids away from drugs and gangs. Despite being awarded a Noble Peace Prize, and a huge campaign started to urge for his clemency, it was ultimately denied by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the sole inspiration behind Tookie’s obsession with body-building, and on December 13 2005 , he was put to death by lethal injection. Austria, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s country of origin, stands firmly against the death penalty; They stripped Schwarzenegger of his Austrian citizenship, and re-named a coliseum which was previously named after him. RIP TOOKIE…. -- source link