The issue, to me, is not this particular individual, but the death penalty itself. Perhaps the reaction in California will be strong enough for the state to change its policy.
Tookie Williams is a very unsympathetic guy, having founded a deadly gang and participated in several murders. I am not sure that one can reform sufficiently from that to be qualified for a particularized "mercy" clemency and there were no allegations that I know about that would lead one to give clemency on the basis of legal insufficiency in connnection with the conviction.
So, the result is not surprising.
We will see what happens.
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