Did Stanley Tookie, a Nobel Prize winner, deserve to be executed? 18 Articles

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by Marcus Brooks

In 1979, Stanley "Tookie" Williams created the largest street gang in Los Angeles. His L.A. Crip set smothered Watts and South Central under a blanket of fear. It was Crips gang members who murdered four people in a groc...read more

by Jamie Myles

The notorious co- founder of the deadly Los Angeles street gang known as the Crips is dead. Stanley "Tookie" Williams was executed at San Quentin Prison, He was pronounced dead at 12:35 a.m. Dec 13, 2005. Mr Williams w...read more

by Khalid Humayun

Stanley Tookie Williams was not executed as a 5 times Noble Peace Prize nominee. He was executed for his heinous crimes of robbery and murders (only two robberies and four murders were tried by prosecution and there were ...read more

by Greg Slack

Stanley Williams deserved his sentence just like anyone else convicted of similar crimes. Many times when someone spends decades on death row, their crimes can seem less important or even forgotten. It's even worse when a ...read more

by Scott Heritage

Stanley 'Tookie' Williams was many things during his life, as well as being a Nobel Prize winner. Most notably on his dubious list of achievements was founding the Crips street gang in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. Who to...read more

by Jake Crispin

No, I do not believe Nobel Prize Nominee Stanley Tookie Williams Deserved to be executed. Not only because of his Co-Writing of his childrens books but also because I believe he was a changed man. Even if he was guilty...read more

by Gideon MacLeish

Before I address any points of this question, I MUST point out that Tookie Williams was NOT a Nobel Prize winner, but a nominee. The difference is that ANYONE can be nominated for a Nobel Prize; if I influenced the right p...read more

by Martin W. Schwartz

This individual was hardly a Nobel Prize Winner. In fact the only thing he ever "won" was a few stays of eceution. And his name was Stanley Tookie WILLIAMS. He was the founder of the Crips Gang and a cold-blooded killer...read more

by Luanne Kelchner

Even though I am not a proponent of the death penalty, I believe that Stanley Williams should have been executed for his crimes. It was the law of the land at the time and it was the decision of the courts that his punish...read more

by Louis Dicrescentis

Officials executed Stanley Tookie Williams on December 13, 2005, by lethal injection in the San Quentin State Prison. Born in New Orleans, Williams moved to South Central Los Angeles as a child. He met with Ray Washington ...read more

by Charity John Praise

from what i know and have read about the case, i personally think that he shouldn't have been executed just based on the fact that although he formed a gang and did many atrocities, the fact still remained that there was n...read more

by TheUnexpectedBill

I say "Yes!". Stanley Tookie Williams was executed for his crimes. He was the founder and active participant in one of the most notorious criminal elements in this world. He lead a criminal empire that was responsible f...read more

by Craig Hubley

This is the wrong question. No human being is in a position to judge an entire other human life, and make a statement about what they "deserve". We don't live in each other's shoes. The more important question is, what ...read more

by Arthur J. Byrnes

Sometimes there is a fine line between right and wrong. But, in this case it is crystal clear. Stanley Tookie Williams' execution had nothing to do with his Nobel Prize, he was executed for his crimes. This was no...read more

by Alan Fernald

You are a murderer who also assisted in the founding of one of the most violent gangs in the history of our country. You never express remorse about what you have done. You write a kids book. Should you pay for yo...read more

by Me...Again

Yes, Stanley Tookie Williams deserved to be executed, IF he was guilty of all the crimes he was convicted for. Should he have been executed? NO! Aside from the fact that he DIDN'T get a jury of his peers, every time this c...read more

by Rikki Hill

Stanley Tookie Williams did not deserve to be executed. There wasn't enough evidence to support his execution. The evidence against this man was circumstantial at best. Mr. Williams' execution was symbolic I believe. I...read more

by Alicia Thompson

Tookie was my step-father's brother. They grew up on the streets of LA where poverty, gang violence and terror are rampant. Almost everyone my step-dad knew from those days is either dead or in jail, including Tookie. ...read more