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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6574/1955/320/tookie.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I am not seeking to envoke a huge debate on the death penalty. It is easy to take a stance against an<span style="font-style: italic;"> idea</span> one way or the other. I am looking beyond that. Looking to the person.. The person that was strapped down, the person that was killed... We see a shining example of rehabilitation. If a man convicted of murder and the leader of a gang can 20 years later live his life in opposition to all that he was convicted of .. How is that not rehabilitation. How can we ever hope to obtain understanding by living by the philoshophy once a murderer always a murderer. What is the incentive for those convicted of crimes to change if they will never be more than the deeds they have done. I don't believe that Stanley Williams death will lower the rate of deaths in our country..I don't believe that vegence brings any one back nor ultimatley heals the soul of those left behind.. I don't believe that a man dedicated to peace deserved to die for a crime 20 years past.. I don't believe in the death penalty and the cycle of violence that it perpatrates.<br /><br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/news_in_brief/tookie_williams_vigil_051213.shtml">SanFranciscoSentinel.com</a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">: "'You were standing at the four-way intersection between predictability and cowardliness, and where the streets meet between bravery and vision, you chose poorly. You did what George W. would do."</span><br /><br /><br />This is the best quote I have seen in response to the decisions made in this case.<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div> </p> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Jodi @ <a href="http://jjslongroad.blogspot.com/2005/12/stanley-tookie-williams-death.html" title="permanent link">3:25 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19708146&postID=113451632196755219"location.href=https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19708146&postID=113451632196755219;>1 comments</a> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-1242618350"><a style="border:none;" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=19708146&postID=113451632196755219" title="Edit Post"><img class="icon-action" alt="" src="http://www.blogger.com:80/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" height="18" width="18"></a></span> </p> </div>   <div id="comments"> <a name="comments"></a> <h4>1 Comments:</h4> <dl id="comments-block"> <dt class="comment-data" id="c113452631691645402"><a name="c113452631691645402"></a> At <a href="#c113452631691645402" title="comment permalink">6:11 PM</a>, <span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/05013466890553661526" rel="nofollow">Magorn</a> said... </dt> <dd class="comment-body"> <p>Wow. That's as eloquent statement of the futility of this whole affair.<BR/><BR/>it's been more than 20 years since the man who died committed the crimes for which he was sentenced; who is the same person they were 20 years ago?<BR/><BR/>I've heard the argument that this only means we should have a faster death penalty but think about how morally bankrupt THAT arguement is. Is anyone seriously arguing "well we should kill people quicker so they don't have a chance to better people, so we can feel better about killing them?"</p> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-1804250470"><a style="border:none;" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19708146&postID=113452631691645402" title="Delete Comment" ><span class="delete-comment-icon"> </span></a></span> </dd> </dl> <p class="comment-timestamp"> <a class="comment-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19708146&postID=113451632196755219">Post a Comment</a> </p> <p style="padding-left:20px;"> <a href="http://jjslongroad.blogspot.com/"><< Home</a> </p> </div>  </div></div></div>   <div id="sidebar">  <center><h3> <div id="profile-container"><h2 class="sidebar-title">About Me</h2> <dl class="profile-datablock"> <dd class="profile-data"><strong>Name:</strong> Jodi </dd> </dl> <p class="profile-textblock"><br>A woman,a mother, a fiancee,a daughter, a sister,a poet,an artist,a friend...and so much more.. 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