Africa/Global: The Execution of Stan Tookie Williams

The state of California rewarded redemption with cold-blooded murder - justified with a press release and carried out in the dead of night, writes Alan Maass on the website www.zmag.org Stan Tookie Williams was put to death in the execution chamber at San Quentin Prison just past midnight on December 13. The former leader of the Crips in Los Angeles has spent the last decade of his life as one of the most powerful and articulate voices warning youth against violence, crime and prison. Gang truces negotiated along the lines of his “Protocol for Peace” have saved lives across the U.S.