Hello everyone!
I guess you must have heard that Stanley Tookie Williams death warrant has been signed. he'll be executed on Dec 13th 2005. he was co-founder of the gang crisp but has fully repented and appologised for all his wrong and also has contributed alot in fighting violence, drug and gang related issues. he has won nobel peace and literature all from jail. the movie demption which jimmie fox starred in was all about Stanley. take a moment to visit his website then send email or fax governor of california for clemency .
http://www.tookie.com/this is what the front page look like
Tookie's execution date: December 13, 2005
The US. Supreme Court, on October 11, 2005, ruled against Tookie on his final appeal and set his execution date for December 13. Thus they disregarded 9 of the 24 Ninth Circuit Court judges' assertion that the District Attorney at Tookie's trial employed "reprehensible and unconstitutional" racist tactics, using animal-in-a-jungle metaphors to refer to Tookie and to the South Central environment in which he lived. This landmark ruling means that minorities can now legally be rejected from juries based on race. This is now the law of the land. (download fact sheet about Tookie's case)
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Tookie,
I am a 20 year old man from Iowa. The other day I sat down after I watched your movie Redemption and thought about all the things that I've done in my life and counted how many years that I should be in prison. Every day between the age of 18 and 20 I risked getting 25 to life for the things I was doing. I counted the years I should be doing for the other things I did and in 6 months time I racked up well over 300 years doing the minimum time for each crime that I committed. Only through the grace of my higher power whom I choose to call God that didn't happen. As well as no longer living a life of crime or violence I am also a recovering addict. I will have 8 months clean on June 15 -- that is 8 months without the use of any mood changing chemicals. Before I watched the movie I was making plans to start living my old life again. I wanted all the money and girls and respect (or fear) of others -- but after I watched the movie and started to do some research on you, I found that we are not all that different. I realized that I was going down that same road in a hurry. You helped me see that. The only way I can think to close this letter is to try to express my gratitude for the way you touched my life. It is with the utmost respect and gratitude that I say thank you.
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"Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story" won a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy. The movie was also honored by the MovieGuide awards, a program of the Christian Film and Television Commission, dedicated to encouraging higher media entertainment standards imbued with Christian and traditional family values.
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Book and Movie
You may order the autobiography of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, Blue Rage, Black Redemption from Damamli Publishing Company. All orders ship within 72 hours of receipt of payment. The book is in a quality trade paperback format so that prisoners may receive the book via the US. mail. Click here to learn more about the book.
"Redemption," the movie about Tookie's life and work, presented at Cannes Film Festival in May 2004 to a standing ovation. The DVD of "Redemption" can be ordered from Twentieth Century Fox at its FoxStore.com. The film stars Jamie Foxx as Tookie in a highly acclaimed dramatic role for the comedian/actor.
In his autobiography, Tookie describes his journey from a childhood in South Central Los Angeles, to his co-founding of the Crips youth gang as a teenager, to his redemption over the past 23 years incarcerated on San Quentin's death row.
All of Tookie's proceeds from the sale of this book will be invested in programs to assist at-risk children. He will receive none of the books' revenues.
From Tookie's autobiography you can also learn about his nomination for a Nobel Prize for Peace and Literature.
The movie "Redemption" was honored in January at the prestigious 2004 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, an international event founded by Robert Redford.
The Apology
"I pray that one day my apology will be accepted. I also pray that your suffering, caused by gang violence, will soon come to an end ....." (click here to read complete Apology)
Tookie's Letter To Incarcerated Youth, No. 1
"Across the nation, young men and women like you are vegetating in juvenile halls and in youth authorities. More and more prisons are being constructed to accommodate your generation...(click here to read complete letter)
Tookie's Letter To Incarcerated Youth, No. 2
"What is the relationship between prisoner and guard? Is it slave versus master? Interactions between captor and captive can vary from person to person...." (click here to read complete letter)
Amicus (Friend-of-the-Court) Brief Filed By ACLU On Tookie's Behalf
The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), the national NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and several other civil rights groups have filed an amicus (Friend-of-the-Court) brief urging the Ninth US. Circuit Court of Appeals to consider racist injustices in jury selection during Tookie's 1981 trial. (click here to read the story)
Court Recommends Clemency For Tookie
Read about the ruling against Stanley "Tookie" Williams by the 9th US. Circuit Court of Appeals -- and the Court's unprecedented recommendation to spare his life -- in this San Francisco Chronicle article by reporter Bob Egelko.
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News stories from all over the world about Tookie's work for kids and his Nobel Peace Prize nominations are found in the news section of Tookie's Corner.
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