Claiming that it was immoral, after all these years of incarceration, to execute Williams makes as much sense as appearing as amicus curiae on behalf of the man who murders his parents and then pleads for mercy as an orphan. If Williams and his lawyers hadn’t filed appeal after appeal, he would have been executed in far more timely fashion.
To me, the only amusing aspect of this entire matter is that the man was constantly being identified as a Nobel Prize nominee. Sometimes, he was a nominee for literature, other times for peace. For all I know, he may have been nominated for both. He may even have been nominated for medicine, physics and economics. The truth of the matter is that anybody can nominate anyone for a Nobel prize. In fact, considering that the likes of Le Duc Tho, Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter and his friend Yasser Arafat, have actually been honorees, you can see that not only can absolutely any shmoe be nominated, he can even win.
Quite frankly, I was surprised that Gov. Schwarzenegger allowed the execution to take place. With all the campaigning on behalf of Williams by the Hollywood elite, I fully expected him to capitulate.
I’m glad my instincts were wrong. It took gumption for Schwarzenegger to do the right thing. The Terminator may be gone, but the Exterminator is alive and well and taking care of business in Sacramento.
Hasta la vista, Tookie.