How many people think Stan "Tookie" Williams should have been set free?

Question

Sure alot of courts including the supreme denied his appeals,yet i still blame arnold for not giving him clemency just becouse he didnt want to go against it and draw that kind of attention to himself.
It was obvious stan had really made some major changes in his life during his 24 years on death row,i think he should have been set free.

Answer 1

It's hard to say I know alot of other criminals who have done a lot worse than him and didn't get the death penalty.We either should do away with it and give life without parole,or give all murderers death.I am sure Arnold did what he thought would make the majority happy.He had rehabilitated and he should have commuted him to life or pardon.Sadly I don't think it helped him having snoop dog rooting for him publically since he is associated with as some would say,"gangster rapster" Now if Denzel had been public and verbal about it, there might have been hope.Crazy and sad.

Answer 2

Out of personal curiosity, I took the time to review the L.A. District Attorney's reply to Tookie Williams' petition for clemency. I've provide the link below.

Any claim that Tookie William was a "changed" man is a joke. He never took responsibility for his crimes in the face overwhelming evidence. He never apologized. He had the chance to do a lot of good by giving authorities intel on the gang he founded, but he didn't. That can be no question the he was guilty and he got what he deserved.

Answer 3

He may have done some good but that does not outweigh the violent legacy left behind and it does not erase his past crimes. Let's not forget that he was responsible for the taking of innocent lives and that he started a gang that is collectively responsible for the taking of hundreds more. He had 24 years to ponder his actions and decided to take part in educating gang members about the errors of their ways. That was enough of an opportunity for him, clemency would have gone too far.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I'm not sure Stan Williams should have been set free -- although he probably served enough time if he wasn't guilty of the murders.
He should not have been executed - it served no purpose, and Schwarzenegger was gutless in the way he went about refusing clemency.

Answer 6

Well one thing I know is that he never confessed to the killings her was guilty for or expressed remorse after the confession to the familys. In my mind I can see why Arnold did not grant it....but in the end, judgement is the Lords.

Answer 7

Being set free was never really what it was about. The options were death or life in prison. Seeing as I disagree with the death penalty in its entirety, I would say he should have lived, but that's just me.

Answer 8

of course. in 24 years a person can totally change. i dont know about getting set free but death wasnt the right thing.

Answer 9

He slaughtered people. Ask the families of those he killed what they think. He was a piece of crap, trying anything he could to escape the justice he deserved. I would have volunteered to "finish his punishment".
P.S. I would have said to him: "Bring the one's you killed back to life, and you can keep yours".
As far as remorse, people will tell you what they think you want to hear to escape the death penalty.

To jd256: I read it. It was alarming. The maniacal laughter after killing someone for $120,00, He was a piece of crap.
And like another responder said, why did it take so long to kill this murderer?

Answer 10

Thank you for bringing this up. I sadly thought it was forgotten.
Yes, he should have been freed. You are not the same person
as you were in your teens or early 20's.
He wrote very good books & was nominated for a Nobel
Peace Prize.
By killing someone, you learn nothing.