The death penalty abolitionists who demonstrated against the execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams did so on the basis that he had redeemed himself during the 24 years he sat on death row. As proof they cited childrens books he had written urging kids not to join gangs and to avoid violence. Of course they chose to ignore the fact that he used a sawed-off shotgun to kill 7-Eleven store clerk Albert Owens, 26, and motel owners Yen-I Yang, 76, Tsai-Shai Cen Yang, 63, and their daughter, Yu-Chin Yang Lin, 43, while robbing a convenience store and a motel.
Those who demonstrated on behalf of Tookie are the same bunch of perpetual protesters who show up at every anti-war rally and at every world trade conference. Many of them are recycled hippies from the doped-up anti-Vietnam war movement. Joan Baez, one of the recycled hippies, called the execution "calculated, antiseptic, cold-blooded murder." She must think that the brutal murders of Owens and the Yang family were mercy killings. Then there are the left-wing Hollywood celebrities and, of course, Jesse "Jack-in-the-Box" Jackson who pops up at every photo-op.
If the death penalty abolitionists really believed that Tookie had redeemed himself, they should have clamored for a pardon, rather than clemency. After all, once a convict has been reformed, he should be ready for release back into society. So, except for those who oppose the death penalty on religious grounds, by failing to seek a pardon for a reformed Tookie Williams, the abolitionists have shown themselves for what they really are - FOUR- FLUSHING PHONIES.
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