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December 4, 2005
Competing op-eds on Tookie and clemency
Though I noted here a number of major death penalty article in Friday's papers, I missed two interesting op-eds which discuss capital clemency and the Stanley "Tookie" Williams case: providing (tepid?) support for grant Tookie clemency is Mark Essig, writing "Clemency for a Crip?" in the New York Times; providing (tepid?) opposition to granting Tookie clemency is Eugene Robinson, writing "No Special Break for Tookie" in the Washington Post.
Providing more competing op-ed views, the Los Angeles Times today has pieces from Joshua Marquis, vice president of the National District Attorneys Association, who argues "He's a murderer. He should die.", and from Charles L. Lindner, past president of the Los Angeles Criminal Bar Association, who argues "Governor, let Tookie live."
Background on the case and Williams' life and pending death are available at this recent AP story. For more, also see these related posts:
- December dramas for the death penalty
- Talking Tookie (includes link to clemency petition)
- Talking more Tookie (includes link to filing opposing clemency)
- Still more buzz about executing Tookie
- Timely article about executive clemency
- Clemency in Virginia delays execution 1000
- More thoughtful commentary on clemency and the Williams case
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