Bleeding Hearts vs. Bloodthirst

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Malkin may have a sliver of a point in questioning the propriety of lionizing a man who hasn't apologized for his original crimes; I'm not familiar enough with the case to understand how likely it is that Tookie Williams is actually guilty of the murders which put him on death row.

However, in all the talk about the motives of the left in nominating Tookie for the Nobel Prize, let's not forget the motives of the right.

Debra J. Saunders, who has followed the case for years, debunks the Tookie sympathizers' mythology:

Williams' co-author, Barbara Becnel, told the Los Angeles Times, "What Stan presents is hope that they, too, can change. He is worth far more to society alive than dead."

Wrong. He is worth more to society dead. The message from the Tookie-philes is that you can kill innocent people and be a star. An execution says you can kill innocent people and pay the price.

No, it really doesn't. And I suspect the so-called "reasonable death penalty proponents" know this. Which certainly raises questions about their motives.

Malkin:

Tookie Williams was sentenced to die for these brutal crimes in 1981. But at the end of this year, he will have celebrated 19 more Thanksgivings, 19 more Christmases, and 19 more birthdays. That's 6,935 days more than [Albert Owens], Thsai-Shai Yang, Yen-I Yang and Yee Chen Lin were allowed to enjoy on this earth...

But it's not about retribution.

And for someone who's so determined to hold bloggers accountable for what their commenters say, Malkin shows no hesitation in linking to the "Tookie Watch" on Flap's Blog, where one can find this gem:

his man should be granted clemancy ! the Crips have murdered & terroized more Black Americans in the past centery then the Klan could even imagen,infact he should be nominated for the nobel peace prize for his either concious or unconcious work reducing crime by Killing off scum!