This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Stanley Tookie Williams III, co-founder of The Crips, Los Angeles’ first major black street gang.
This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.
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Footnotes
NPR. (12/13/2005). Timeline: Tookie’s Path to Death Row. Retrieved 04/23/2023 from https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5047269
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (n.d.). Executed Inmate Summary – Stanley Williams. Retrieved 04/23/2023 from https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/capital-punishment/inmates-executed-1978-to-present/executed-inmate-summary-stanley-williams/
SCOCAL. (04/11/1988). People v. Williams. Retrieved 04/23/2023 from https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-williams-23302
Encyclopedia.com. (n.d.). Williams, Stanley Tookie, III. Retrieved 04/23/2023 from https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/williams-stanley-tookie-iii
ABC News. (11/20/2001). Crips Co-Founder Nominated for Peace Prize. Retrieved 04/23/2023 from https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=94963&page=1
Thompson, Tony. (03/13/2019). The Guardian. Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams: one of the last men to be executed in California. Retrieved 04/23/2023 from https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/nov/28/biography.tonythompson
Finz, Stacy; Fimrite, Peter; Fagan, Kevin; Chronicle Staff Writers. (12/13/2005). WILLIAMS EXECUTED / LAST HOURS / Gang co-founder put to death for 1979 murders of 4 in L.A. area. SFGate. Retrieved 04/28/2023 from https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/WILLIAMS-EXECUTED-LAST-HOURS-Gang-co-founder-2557277.php
Justia Law. (09/09/2004). Stanley Williams, Petitioner-appellant, v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, Respondent-appellee, 384 F.3d 567 (9th Cir. 2004). Retrieved 04/29/2023 from https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/384/567/483813/
Biography. (09/11/2020). Stanley Tookie Williams. Retrieved 04/29/2023 from https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/stanley-tookie-williams
Streetgangs.com. (12/26/2020). Tookie informant, was arrested in Canada after being deported. Retrieved 04/29/2023 from https://www.streetgangs.com/news/122620-tookie-informant/
Associated Press. (07/02/2006). Tookie’s ashes spread in Africa lake. The Los Angeles Daily Times. Retrieved 05/06/2023 from https://www.dailynews.com/2006/07/02/tookies-ashes-spread-in-africa-lake/
History
Streetgangs.com. (n.d.). History of Crip Gangs in Los Angeles. Retrieved 04/29/2023 from https://www.streetgangs.com/crips/
Anderson, Elijah. (05/1994). The Code of the Streets. The Atlantic. Retrieved 04/30/2023 from https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/05/the-code-of-the-streets/306601/
StudyLib. (n.d.). Gang History – History of South Central, Los Angeles. Retrieved 05/02/2023 from https://studylib.net/doc/9029545/gang-history—history-of-south-central–los-angeles
Girap, Sneha. (06/09/2022). Stanley Williams. Alchetron. Retrieved 05/06/2023 from https://alchetron.com/Stanley-Williams
Taylor, Dennis L. (02/08/2009). A LIFE FROM CRIPS TO CHRIST. Monterey Herald. Retrieved 05/06/2023 from https://www.montereyherald.com/2009/02/08/a-life-from-crips-to-christ/
Music
“Abyss” by Alasen: ●https://soundcloud.com/alasen●https://twitter.com/icemantrap ●https://instagram.com/icemanbass/●https://soundcloud.com/therealfrozenguy●
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“Court Cost” & Dust Free” by Marlene Miller. Used with permission. Find her Facebook and Instagram under SEMNCHY or marlenemiller138@gmail.com
“Intranet” by Yung Kartz https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yung_Kartz
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“Furious Freak” by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3791-furious-freak
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