Governor Schwarzenegger will hold a clemency hearing tomorrow. Williams denies he committed four brutal murders, but the legal appeals appear to have been exhausted for his convictions back in 1981.

At 12:36 this morning, Stanley "Tookie" Williams died by lethal injection at San Quentin Prison. The twelfth man executed in California since the death penalty was reinstituted in the late 1970's, ...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has turned down an appeal for clemency from Stanley Williams.The Crips gang co-founder is scheduled for execution just after midnight in ...

SAN QUENTIN -- Stanley "Tookie" Williams raised his head several times, looking around at the witnesses and talking with prison guards before his execution by lethal injection early today. Williams, a ...

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LOS ANGELES — Celebrities from hip-hop star Snoop Dogg to motivational speaker Tony Robbins lamented the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams at a funeral Tuesday that drew hundreds to the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The fate of Crips co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams was handed to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday. Defense lawyers made their final pitch behind closed doors to ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to halt the scheduled execution of convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, the Crips gang founder who became an anti-gang activist ...