Ein wenig mehr Hintergrund:

CNN: [b]Killer's lawyers file last-ditch appeal[/b]

"... Celebrities, teachers and anti-death penalty advocates have spoken on Williams'
behalf, but Schwarzenegger questioned the sincerity of Williams' conversion to
nonviolence.

"Stanley Williams insists he is innocent, and that he will not and should not
apologize or otherwise atone for the murders of the four victims in this case," the governor
wrote.

"Without an apology and atonement for these senseless and brutal killings, there can
be no redemption."

A jury convicted Williams of killing a 26-year-old Los Angeles convenience store clerk
in February 1979, shooting him twice in the back with a 12-gauge shotgun while the
victim was face down on the floor.

The jury also convicted him of shooting and killing an immigrant Chinese couple and
their 41-year-old daughter less than two weeks later while stealing less than $100
cash from their motel.

Both cases were handled in a single trial. Williams was sentenced to death in 1981...."


CNN: [b]Williams claim of founding Crips is disputed[/b]
Gang expert: Crips 'helped destroy the black community'



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