[kj] OT: Tookie and Arnie

[Alexander Smith]

Well, even if he was guilty of the crimes he was convicted of (and I 
believe he maintained `til the end that he was framed), I'd have been 
satisfied with life-imprisonment. Then again, that wasn't my brother or 
son or whomever he allegedly gunned down.  By all accounts, it seems he 
genuinely went on to renounce his previous life as a gangster (fully 
rehabilitated, then?) But, y'know, if he did do it, he's got to pay the 
piper. But at this stage, I don't see what was really gained by killing 
him.

Alex in NYC



On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 07:03 AM, nicholas fitzpatrick wrote:

> And today's big issue is: Should Tookie have been put to death?
>
> I don't know enough about the facts to say at the moment. Not that it 
> matters.
>
> Is it true that it was his lawyers that nominated him for the Nobel 
> Peace Prize? That's what someone on the BBC website said, but then 
> that's about as reliable a source as The Gathering ;)
>
> Nick
>
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