'TOOKIE' WILLIAMS SET TO DIE DEC. 13.Byline: Staff and Wire Services A judge has scheduled the execution of a man who made the improbable transition from notorious gang leader to Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. nominee. Stanley ``Tookie'' Williams, a co-founder of the notorious Crips gang, is scheduled to die Dec. 13 for his conviction on charges that he shot and killed a convenience store worker in 1979. He's been convicted of three other murders. Williams maintains he is innocent. But Williams, 51, isn't just known for violence anymore. Supporters have nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. him for the Nobel Peace Prize and the Nobel in literature for a series of children's books he wrote warning of the dangers of gang violence. They cite his renunciation The Abandonment of a right; repudiation; rejection. The renunciation of a right, power, or privilege involves a total divestment thereof; the right, power, or privilege cannot be transferred to anyone else. of his past and his efforts to curtail cur·tail tr.v. cur·tailed, cur·tail·ing, cur·tails To cut short or reduce. See Synonyms at shorten. [Middle English curtailen, to restrict gang violence as reasons he shouldn't be executed. Attorneys have only until Nov. 8 to submit a clemency Leniency or mercy. A power given to a public official, such as a governor or the president, to in some way lower or moderate the harshness of punishment imposed upon a prisoner. Clemency is considered to be an act of grace. request. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider Williams' case earlier this month. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office sent a letter to Williams' attorneys and prosecutors last week outlining the process for the clemency application. ``The first step was to notify us as to Williams' intent to pursue clemency,'' said Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Margita Thompson. ``He has notified us that he will indeed pursue clemency. So that's where we are right now.'' The application itself must be filed to the governor's Legal Affairs Office in Sacramento no later than 35 days before the scheduled execution date. The execution is scheduled for Dec. 13, although defense attorneys have asked it be moved to Dec. 22 to give them more time to file their request to Schwarzenegger. The governor will share documents and work with the Board of Parole parole (pərōl`), in criminal law, release from prison of a convict before the expiration of his term on condition that his activities be restricted and that he report regularly to an officer. Hearings in making his decision, and could refer the issue to the board for an investigation and nonbinding recommendation before he makes his final decision. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: WILLIAMS |
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