Stanley 'Tookie' Williams

[KenWittlief]

Its more than that. Since he never admitted any of the violent acts he committed he was reformed on his own terms.

His actions are very much like the stages of grieving that people go through: denial, anger, bargaining...

He denied being a murderer, he was angry when convicted and threatened the jury, and he bargained for his life with his kids books and phone-lectures

but he never made it to acceptance - he never accepted guilt for his actions, and never accepted the sentance that was imposed on him.

Imagine what it must have been like, to be a family member of one of his victims, and to hear his supporters say "the state has executed an innocent man"

what does that say about his victims? Where they not human? Was their life of no value, and therefore their death was not a crime?

The victims became non-people. Everything was all about tookie.