Stanley “Tookie” Williams
United States · 1981-2005 · The case in the archive
Co-founder of one of the Los Angeles gangs, he was sentenced to death in California in 1981 for four murders committed in 1979. In prison he wrote children's books against the gangs and was put forward more than once for the Nobel Peace Prize.
He always maintained his innocence, and that was the very reason the governor gave for refusing him clemency on 12 December 2005. He was executed the next day at San Quentin. In Italy actors and directors had signed an appeal to save him.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2000SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate and street gang co-founder Stanley...
Death row inmate and street gang co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams has been nominated for the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize
OCTOBER 11, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. SUPREME COURT DENIES APPEAL BY STANLEY ‘TOOKIE’ WILLIAMS
the US Supreme Court declined to review the case of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, a California death-row inmate whose attorneys argued that the prosecutor had engaged in racial discrimination in selecting the jury for his trial.
- OCTOBER 24, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA. EXECUTION ORDERED FOR CRIPS COFOUNDER
a judge signed a death warrant for Stanley ''Tookie" Williams, a cofounder of the notorious Crips gang who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his children's books.
NOVEMBER 21, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA. JESSE JACKSON ASKS FOR WILLIAMS PARDON AND FOR MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS IN CALIFORNIA
“Today I have requested a meeting with Governor Schwarzenegger”, Rev. Jesse Jackson announced.
NOVEMBER 24, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. MORE REGIONAL PRESIDENTS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
seven more of Italy’s Regional ‘Governors’ have added their names to the appeal to ask California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the execution of Stanley Williams scheduled to take place on December 13.
NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. SIGNATURES COLLECTED IN PARLIAMENT TO SAVE STANLEY WILLIAMS
Italy’s deputies and senators are also collecting signatures to ask California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to grant clemency to Stanley Williams, scheduled to be executed on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SIXTEEN REGIONAL PRESIDENTS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
two more of Italy’s regional ‘Governors’ added their support to the appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in order to halt the execution of Stanley Williams, scheduled to take place on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA, USA. COURT DECLINES TO STAY STANLEY WILLIAMS’ EXECUTION
the California Supreme Court refused to stop the execution due on December 13 of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, the 51-year-old founder of the notorious Crips gang, who is set to die by lethal injection at California's San Quentin prison on December 13.
- DECEMBER 1, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. EIGHTEEN REGIONAL PRESIDENTS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
two more of Italy’s regional ‘Governors’ added their support to the appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in order to halt the execution of Stanley Williams, scheduled to take place on December 13.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. 53 PARLIAMENTARIANS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
53 parliamentarians have so far given their support to Hands Off Cain’s appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the scheduled execution Stanley Williams.
- DECEMBER 3, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC. ITALIAN ‘GOVERNORS’ PRESENT CLEMENCY APPEAL FOR STANLEY ‘TOOKIE’ WILLIAMS
the press conference for the presentation of the appeal by Italy’s ‘Governors’ to ask California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger clemency for Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams, scheduled to be put to death on December 13, was held in Rome at Hands Off Cain’s headq
DECEMBER 5, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN ENTRUSTS PRESIDENT CIAMPI WITH STANLEY ‘TOOKIE’ WILLAIMS APPEAL
Secretary of Hands Off Cain Sergio D’Elia delivered to Italy’s President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi the appeal signed by Italy’s Parliamentarians and Regional Presidents to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for the suspension of the scheduled execution
DECEMBER 7, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY’S ACTORS AND DIRECTORS APPEAL TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER TO GRANT CLEMENCY TO STANLEY ‘TOOKIE’ WILLIAMS
a number of Italy’s actors and directors have signed Hands Off Cain’s appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the scheduled execution Stanley Williams at San Quintino penitentiary on December 13. Those who have given their suppor
- DECEMBER 11, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA. SUPREME COURT REJECTS TOOKIE WILLIAMS' APPEAL
the state Supreme Court late Sunday refused to grant a stay of execution for Stanley Tookie Williams.
- DECEMBER 13, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA. OUTCRY AFTER WILLIAMS' DEATH GLITCHES SLOW BUT DON'T STOP EXECUTION
at 12:01 a.m., having exhausted all appeals, Stanley Tookie Williams shuffled into San Quentin's death chamber, shackled at the wrists and waist and escorted by four guards.
- DECEMBER 13, 2005Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
VATICAN CITY. VATICAN DEPLORES EXECUTION OF US GANG LEADER
the Vatican said there was no room for the death sentence in the modern world after the execution in a US jail of former Los Angeles gang leader Stanley Williams.
DECEMBER 13, 2005DEATH PENALTYCALIFORNIA, USA. STANLEY WILLIAMS, GANGLEADER TURNED PEACE MAKER, EXECUTED
California prison officials executed Stanley Tookie Williams, 51, the ex-leader of the Crips convicted of killing four people in 1979, early in the morning a day after top courts and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected final appeals to spare his life.
DECEMBER 13, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. ‘WILLIAMS EXECUTION IS RUTHLESS JUSTICE’, D’ELIA
Stanley Williams was executed after being denied clemency by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- DECEMBER 14, 2005AustriaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRIA. SCHWARZENEGGER SHUNNED IN AUSTRIA FOLLOWING EXECUTION
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's refusal to grant former gang leader Stanley 'Tookie' Williams clemency sparked outrage in his native Austria.
DECEMBER 20, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. DECEMBER 31 DEDICATED TO ‘THE LAST DAY’
Hands Off Cain headquarters in Rome hosted the presentation of “The Last Day” (“Ultimo giorno”), a day of television dedicated exlusively to the death penalty, to be aired on December 31, 2005, on the satellite chanel ‘Planet’ from 7:30 am till midnight.
- JANUARY 10, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the Assembly's Public Safety committee approved a bill that would impose a 2-year moratorium on death sentences in California
the Assembly's Public Safety committee approved a bill that would impose a 2-year moratorium on death sentences in California, allowing time for a state commission on executions to complete its review of the system.
- JUNE 25, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the ashes of Stanley Tookie Williams were spread in a lake in Soweto...
the ashes of Stanley Tookie Williams were spread in a lake in Soweto, South Africa, in accordance with his will, friends and associates said today.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA, USA. GUARDS BUNGLED WILLIAMS EXECUTION: OFFICIAL
a Californian official admitted that state prison guards had bungled the recent controversial execution of former gang leader Stanley Williams, but denied that lethal injection constituted cruel and unusual punishment.