One reason Tookie had to die
Every now and again we see a news story that makes us wonder about justice and fairness.
Over the last week the news story of Stanely Tookie Williams has described the issue as one of the wrongful punishment of an innocent victim of society and as the integrity of systems of justice.
Mr. Williams was a poor black man that grew up in an environment were environmental influences contributed to him forming one of the most notorious gangs in America.
In addition, Mr. Williams was tried by a court of law and found to be guilty of killing four people.
Moreover, I do think it is sad that we think we have the authority to take a life. I am 100% against the death penalty. This penalty does not rehabilitate and/or reduce crime.
Granted you do stop the person you have executed from committing any future crimes. However, there is no scientific data that the death penalty reduce the desire of criminals to commit crimes, as a whole.
My biggest opposition to the death penalty is because it is hard to evangelize a dead man.
I am also greatly concerned about the cases of wrongful prosecution I keep hearing on the news.
I do not believe that Mr. Williams was innocent of the crimes he was convicted of by a jury of his pears.
No person starts a gang as violent and deadly as the “Crips” because they are a nice guy. In addition, his lawyers were not able to get his charges cleared in fifteen years.
Therefore, even though I do not support the death penalty, it is the law of the land and there must respect for law and order.
Mr. Williams knew the consequences of his actions.
For me a positive contribution would have been made to a sophisticated society if Mr. Williams had not bee executed by the state of California. We are smarter today then we were two hundred years ago.
Today, we know that the death penalty does not rehabilitate or reduce crime as a whole.
However, because we have an element of society who feels they have the right to commit crime when they want we need to make sure that the laws of the land are enforced by justice systems.
I fear reducing sentences may contribute to people, who have no respect for law and order, committing more crime.
As far as the death penalty of the state of California is concerned, It is my opinion that the people of California vote to abolish it.