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It is nearly impossible to understand the left's penchant for celebrating killers. From common thugs like Wesley Cook (also known as Mumia Abu-Jamal) and Stanley "Tookie" Williams to serious mass murderers like Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein, the Left often seems to sanctify criminals while vilifying those who stop them. Now one more murderer is finally dead, after forcing the families and friends of his victims to wait an excruciating 24 years for closure.

Like every other reasonably competent human being, Stanley Williams knew that murder was against the law, and that his own life was forfeit for committing such an act. Yet he made the decision -- over and over -- to take lives anyway. Not only did he murder a convenience store clerk, a couple at a motel and their adult daughter, but founded the vicious Crips gang. The infamous LA gang has been responsible for perhaps thousands of murders and other crimes since its creation in 1971. When the butcher's bill finally came due, the Left -- as usual -- attempted to insulate Williams from the consequences of his actions.

If only they cared this much when innocent human beings are sentenced to death by the courts... or killed without any trial at all. As I have often said, "Liberals will fight to protect the guilty and kill the innocent, while Conservatives will fight to protect the innocent and punish the guilty."

Williams' supporters claimed that he deserved clemency because he wrote books about the bad side of gang membership during the 24 years he spent in prison. Although some of the books had a message intended to steer kids away from gang life, there was no admission of or remorse for the crimes he committed. I'm sure he was awfully sorry he got caught and sentenced to death. However, that did nothing to bring back the people he killed, nor did it atone in any way for their deaths. He denied them a chance to write their own books. What right did he have to ask for consideration after two dozen more years of life than he allowed any of his victims?

Williams was sentenced to death based on overwhelming evidence of guilt, in accordance with the law. Governor Schwarzenegger's statement upon his refusal to interfere said, in part, "Based on the cumulative weight of the evidence, there is no reason to second guess the jury's decision of guilt or raise significant doubts or serious reservations about Williams' convictions and death sentence." Even the ultra-Liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was unable to find legal grounds upon which to grant a reprieve. Still, Hollywood half-wits, race pimps and the rest of the "usual suspects" turned up to demand that justice not be done. Funny how the same people who scream that following the law is "racist" seem to forget that Williams himself committed what would now be termed a "hate crime." After all, Williams told accomplice Tony Sims that he killed Albert Owens "because he was white and he was killing all white people."

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