죽음의 주사, 그대라면..

Demonstrators calling for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to grant clemency t

o convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams rally at the California State Capitol in Sacramento,

California December 8, 2005. (Lou Dematteis/Reuters)

1979년의 잔인한 살인 강도의 사형을 집행을 허락할 것인지 아님

감형으로 가석방 없는 종신징역을 택할 것인지를 금요일까지 결정

해야만할 캘리포니아 주지사 아놀드 슈왈제네거. 그대라면 어떻게

할 것인가. 검사들은 아주 잔인한 살인자라 사형이 집행되야하고 또

다른 살인 사건들과의 형평성도 고려해야 한다는 것이고, 여론은 그가

감옥 안에서 청소년 젊은이들을 향해 연속 출판으로 갱에 물들지 않는

책을 출판하고 있으니 사형 집행보다는 살아서 지금처럼 젊은이를

선도하는 것이 이롭다는 주장이다. 한편 로이터 통신과의 인터뷰에서 그가

두려워하는 ㄱ럿은 신God뿐이라며 죽음이 두렵지 않다고,,,

Schwarzenegger ponders high-profile death row case

By Adam Tanner Fri Dec 9, 4:05 AM ET

SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger could decide as early as Friday

whether to spare the life of Stanley Tookie Williams, the former Crips gang leader set to be executed by

lethal injection next week.

Schwarzenegger heard from defense lawyers and the prosecution in a closed-door clemency hearing

on Thursday. Aides said he will resolve whether to impose a lesser sentence of life in prison without

the possibility of parole by Monday, the day before the scheduled execution.

Williams has won celebrity supporters and a well-organized publicity campaign after writing a series of books

urging youth to avoid following his footsteps and getting involved with violent gangs like the Crips.

"My hope lies in God above anything and everything else," Williams told Reuters in an interview at San Quentin

State Prison last month. "I have faith and if it doesn't go my way, it doesn't go my way."

"I am not the kind of person to sit around and worry about being executed," he said. "I'm sure there are detractors

who would like to hear that I am weeping. ... I fear nothing except God."

The core issue of this clemency is whether a murderer can earn redemption in the eyes of society for his actions

after the crime. U.S. governors typically stay executions because of doubts over evidence in the case or fairness

of the trial rather than because of perceived redemption.

Prosecutors say Williams acted especially brutally in the 1979 murders in which he killed a shop clerk and a family

running a motel in robberies for small amounts of money. They also condemn his role with the Crips, a gang

that now has thousands of members nationwide.

"Mr. Williams wants out of prison. This has nothing to do with redemption," said John Monaghan, assistant

head deputy district attorney in Los Angeles.

Williams maintains that he did not commit the murders and was targeted because of his gang activities, which

he has since renounced. Supporters say he is of much more value to society alive than dead because he can

continue to warn young people about the dangers of gangs.

If his life is spared, Williams would be moved from death row at San Quentin, north of San Francisco,

perhaps to a more remote state prison