On December 13 Stanley "Tookie" William, one of the founding members of the LA street gang called the "CRIPS" was executed for shooting a man in the face at point blank range. He had been convicted in 1979 and served 26 year on death row prior to his execution. All of Tookie appeals for his sentence be changed from death row to Life in Prison where rejected by Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, he also rejected a request from …showed first 75 words of 275 total…

…showed last 75 words of 275 total…they do to me? There is no point in reforming I'm going to die either way. On the other hand, it could be argued that Tookie killed himself, because he refused to apologies for what he did. The Governor claimed that if he had been remorseful for what he had done in the past, his clemency would have been granted. So I guess in other words you can say, stupid pride is what killed Tookie.