Stanley "Tookie" Williams Must Die

December 12, 2005

Stanley “Tookie” Williams murdered four innocent people more than twenty years ago and was found guilty on March 13, 1981 in Los Angeles. He must die because: 

1. He was caught and found guilty in a fair legal process. His protestations of innocence ring hollow and are merely the rantings of a man afraid to die. His victims were also afraid to die. The terror they felt when they heard the click of his gun just before he murdered them must have been incredible. His fans, like his fellow gang members, don't care.
2. A nomination for a Nobel Prize is meaningless and is not a get out of death row card.  He was really nominated to bring attention to the death penalty in the United States and not to specifically to focus on Williams. Adolph Hitler and Mussolini were also nominated for a peace prize which puts “Tookie” on the right list.
3. His appeals were prolonged for his benefit but his case and his life must now end. If there were any substantive errors, they would have been found by now. He was fairly tried and convicted and the death penalty was appropriate for his heinous crimes.
4. He must set an example to the children who read his books.  He should have written a book explaining that criminals such as he, must pay for their crimes and sometimes the payment is death. Unfortunately his son followed daddy's murderous ways. "Little Tookie" also a Crips member, was found guilty of murdering a 20-year old woman in Hollywood and was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
5. Though he spoke out against violence and gangs, the “Crips” Gang, which he founded in 1971, cruelly killed hundreds during his incarceration. His words were obviously ineffective because he didn't want them to be, after all he was still their leader and people who cross him must die. Plus, prison officials believe he ordered many deaths from his prison cell. 
6. Criminals are sent to death row, not to be rehabilitated but to await their execution.  Through the years, the courts have said he deserves death for being such a vile human being and rehabilitation attempts would be useless.
7. He and his supporters must understand that clemency is not given to anyone for claiming innocence but is granted for those who first acknowledge their crimes.  Even Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy said they were innocent, but fortunately got what they deserved.
8. Society deserves justice and sometimes revenge. His fans forget that he boasted about how he laughed after he killed one of his victims. That alone supports revenge.
9. Williams has never shown remorse or apologized for his criminal actions which is typical of a person without any shred of humanity. He and his supporters must understand that society will not apologize for his execution because his death will be a small measure of justice for his victims and their families.
10. Stanley "Tookie" Williams is not innocent, only his victims were.

    

On the evening of February 27, 1979  Williams killed  Albert Owens, 26, a Seven Eleven store clerk in Whittier by shooting him twice in the back with his shotgun as his victim lay on the floor. Williams netted $120.

Then, in the early morning of March 11, 1979, he killed Yen-I Yang, 76, Tsai-Shai Chen Yang, 63 and their daughter Yu-Chin Yang Lin, 43 all Taiwan immigrants who operated the Brookhaven Motel in Los Angeles. Williams broke down the lobby and residence doors, and as they screamed in terror shot them all.  He netted $100.

For LA County's response to Williams' petition for clemency, November 2005 >>> click here.  (PDF)

This document has many facts Williams and his supporters do not want you to know.