Still no Schwarzenegger word on gang leader's fateSun Dec 11, 2005 8:32 PM ET
By Kemp Powers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday delayed a keenly awaited
announcement on whether he would grant clemency to former Crips gang leader Stanley Tookie Williams,
who is due to be executed on Tuesday.
Williams' supporters seemed disheartened by the delay, which they said was putting severe stress
on them and Williams, who was convicted of murdering four people in 1979.
"I see that as cruel," Barbara Becnel, who edited Williams' anti-gang books, told a news conference
on Sunday afternoon. Becnel and other supporters presented what they called new last-minute
information they say merits a stay of execution.
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Barring clemency or last-minute court intervention, officials will administer a lethal injection
to Williams at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday at San Quentin State Prison.
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