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Stanley Tookie Williams III [1] [2] (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005) was an American gangster who co-founded and led the Crips gang in Los Angeles. He and Raymond Washington formed an alliance in 1971 that established the Crips as Los Angeles' first major African-American street gang.
This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2005. ... Stanley Tookie Williams III: 51 25 26 California [62] 60 December 14, 2005 John B. Nixon Sr. 77 56 21
Barbara Cottman Becnel (born May 30, 1950) is an American author, journalist, and film producer. She was a close friend of Crips co-founder Stanley Williams (aka "Stan Tookie Williams"; a convicted murderer and former gang leader who would later become an anti-gang activist and writer), and editor of Williams's series of children's books, which spoke out against gang violence.
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 February 16, 2028 Stanley Theodore Adams: 61 33 28 Male White Ohio: To be determined: Profile: 2 March 15, 2028 John E. Drummond: 50 25 25 Black Profile: 3 April 19, 2028 James Galen Hanna: 78 48 30 White Profile:
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of California since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia , the following 13 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of California. [ 1 ]
The family of Alexander McClay Williams, a Black teen who was executed in Pennsylvania after being convicted of murder in 1931, have filed a lawsuit nearly 100 years after his death.
In the Monterey County Jail, brief alliances have been reported among the Bloods, Crips, and Kumi 415 during the period leading up to Stanley Williams' execution. [2] Kumi is the Swahili word for the number ten, and the sum of 415 is ten. 415 also refers to San Francisco's area code. [3] They have been reported in: Folsom State Prison; Lerdo ...
The family of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania — a Black 16-year-old sent to the electric chair in 1931 and exonerated by the governor in 2022 — is suing the ...