Posted on 12/02/2005 7:58:00 AM PST by SmithL
The 51-year-old convicted murderer, who has spent nearly half of his life on Death Row, knows his scheduled execution date is less than two weeks away, but he says he is not fearful, that it's a prospect he has dealt with his entire life.
"Being near death is nothing new to me or any other black male," Williams said Thursday during an interview in a visiting room at San Quentin State Prison. "I've been shot and close to death many times. This is no different.
"But I am praying that I live. Of course, I want to live."
On Wednesday, the state Supreme Court denied a final appeal by Williams' attorneys to reopen his case. Now, his fate is in the hands of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Williams, his supporters and his attorneys hope the anti-violence work that has led to five Nobel Peace Prize nominations will persuade the governor to reduce his sentence to life in prison without parole.
A private clemency hearing is set for Thursday, five days before his death date.
In preparation for the execution, prison officials have asked Williams what he would like for his last meal, whether he wants to invite any friends or family to witness his death and whether he would like a minister present.
"I told them that if I am going to die, I don't want food or water or sympathy from the place that is going to kill me," said Williams, a soft-spoken man with a bodybuilder's physique and graying hair that is pulled into a tight ponytail. "I don't want anyone present for the sick and perverted spectacle.
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"Being near death is nothing new to me or any other black male," Williams said
Black or white, we’re all just about to die, on a geological timescale.
Unfortunately for Tookie, he’s on a quart of milk timescale.
They do get the needle.....can't have them feeling any pain, ya know? I just like the effect of the chair.
I doubt he's buying any green bananas to go with that milk.
Well I want people present to laugh at your final gurgles and hurl racial insults at you like you did to your victims, Tookie.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Every time I hear what a "good man" Tookie is, writing children's books even....I can't get a picture of Eddie Murphy and "Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood" out of my mind.
Watch dog bark on a hot summer night,
kill my landlord, kill my landlord,
watch dog bark, though he bite,
kill my landlord, kill my landlord,
slip in his window, break his neck,
then his house I start to wreck,
got no reason, what the heck!
kill my landlord, kill my landlord,
C-I-L-L my landlord
I'm sure your victims wanted to live, too, a***ole.
THAT says it all!
So go ahead and die already and don't paint yourself as Jesus Christ, you murdering b*st*rd!
Yep. Some of his buds testified about how he laughed when imitating the gasping last breaths of his victims.
Nice guy.
Yeah, I'm sure Clarence Thomas and Walter Williams are in the next cell down the hall.
Vile. Just vile.
We wouldn't want all of his "preparation" for death to go to waste, would we?
The five nobel peace prize nominations alone are enough for me to want him to die.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
My he be granted a swift demise.
Better type faster. And include black racism in the book.
his failure to go through an official gang "debriefing" means that he is still involved.
That's just stupid though, as if some official debriefing suddenly ensures that someone isn't involved with gangs anymore.
No just black males who decide to get involved with gangs.
Being near death is nothing new to me or any other black male...," Williams said.
What he should have said> "Being near death is nothing new to me or any other black male (who has chosen to live the life of a fool, hating and believing that someone white owes me something other than respect and has unfortunately come face to face with the consequences of his own actions. #@%^! I wish I hadn't got caught.)
note to Williams: ...this black male has never had that problem.
I wonder if they sterilize the needle beforehand. Can't risk an infection, don'cha know.
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