Stanley "Tookie" Williams is co-founder of the Crips gang. He was sentenced to death on a murder rap in 1981, and faces lethal injection on December 13. While in prison, Williams has become an anti-gang activist and has received a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for his work.
After receiving more than 30,000 letters pleading his case, Governator Schwarzenegger is considering commuting his death sentence to life imprisonment.
Supporters, including rapper Snoop Dogg and Ras Baraka, the deputy mayor of Newark, New Jersey, have urged Schwarzenegger to spare Williams' life so he can continue his work with young people as an anti-gang activist…
In prison, however, Williams gained international acclaim for co-writing children's books about the dangers of gang life. An award-winning television movie starring Jamie Foxx, "Redemption," was based on his life.
