Tookie chose death in his decision to execute 4 innocent people which resulted in his execution and his supporters chose ignorance, cruelty and selfish indignation.
"Tonight is a planned, efficient, calculated, antiseptic, cold-blooded murder,'' Joan Baez said.
Jesse Jackson paid a final visit with Williams and said the condemned man was trying to remain positive.
"Tell those who came, to follow my message -- anti-violence and anti-drugs," Jackson said Williams told him.
"We must not give up on redemption," Jackson said. "(Gov.) Arnold (Schwarzenegger) had a choice to make. He read the polls and washed his hands. But the blood will be there for a long time.''
"He's no threat to society," the civil rights leader added. "Why kill killing with killing?"
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I see lots of people quoting the Bible on this. Interesting to note that the literal translation is "you shall not murder" (not "kill"). If ALL killing is wrong, things get messy real quick.
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