Stanley "Tookie" Williams
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Stanley Williams' California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation photo, 2000
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| Born |
Stanley Williams III December 29, 1953 Delhi, Louisiana, United States |
| Died | December 13, 2005 (aged 51) San Quentin Prison, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Gangster, youth counsellor, writer |
| Criminal charge | First degree murder with special circumstance |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Spouse(s) | Bonnie Williams-Taylor (m. 1981) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Victims | 4 |
Stanley "Tookie" Williams III (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005) was an American gangster, known as one of the original founders and leaders of the Crips gang in Los Angeles, California. In 1971, Williams and Raymond Washington formed an alliance establishing the Crips as the first major African-American street gang in the South Central. Williams became the de facto leader and the prominent crime boss in South Central in the 1970s. In 1979, Williams was convicted for the murder of four people during two robberies, and was sentenced to death. The highly publicized trial of Williams and extensive appeals for clemency sparked debate on the status of the death penalty in California.
On December 13, 2005, Williams was executed by lethal injection, after extensive appeals for clemency and a four-week stay of execution were both rejected by Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Stanley Williams III was born on December 29, 1953, in Delhi, Louisiana, to a 17-year-old mother, and his family moved to New Orleans. His father abandoned the family when Williams was just a year old, and in 1959, Williams moved with his mother to Los Angeles, California, and settled in the city's South Central region.
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