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Nobel Peace Prize Nominated Prisoner Set to Die

HeadlineOct 13, 2005

In California, officials have scheduled Stan Tookie Williams to be executed on December 13, two months from today. On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Williams’ final appeal. Williams helped found the Crips gang in Los Angeles and was sentenced to death in 1981 for the killing of a convenience store worker. But he has since been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work at San Quentin State Prison where he was worked to curtail youth gang violence. Last year a documentary titled “Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story” aired on television. Jamie Foxx played Williams.

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