On December 13 Stanley "Tookie" William, one of the founding members of the
LA street gang called the "CRIPS" was executed for shooting a man in the face at point blank range. He had been convicted in 1979 and served 26 year on death row prior to his execution. All of Tookie appeals for his sentence be changed from death row to Life in Prison where rejected by Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, he also rejected a request from the defense for a stay of execution based on a last-minute claim of innocence, citing new accounts from witnesses.
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