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No clemency: Ex-Crips' leader to be executed “Me fearing what I’m facing, what possible good is it going to do for me? How is that going to benefit me?” Williams said in a recent interview. “If it’s my time to be executed, what’s all the ranting and raving going to do?”...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 1:16pm PST
Walk for Abolition: Stop the Execution! 
The Walk reaches the South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge at 8am on Monday morning, December 12, 2005....
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 10:23am PST
Indybay Introduces New Regional Coverage, Redesign, and More The website of the SF Bay Area Independent Media Center has expanded and continues to evolve!
Expanding to Include Regional Pages
Get Involved with Indybay
Indybay's Redesign: A New Look and Feel
Updates to How the Site Works
We Want to Hear Your Thoughts...
Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2005 9:35pm PST
Mon All Day Walk for Abolition of Death Penalty SF to San Quentin 
March is all day - join when you can....
Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2005 4:06pm PST
Sonoma man dies after shot by Taser A Sonoma man died Wednesday after being shot with a Taser stun gun while struggling with police responding to a domestic violence call placed by his mother....
Posted: Sat, Dec 10, 2005 8:35pm PST
Yet more photos from 11/19 Save Tookie Rally at San Quentin 
Signs and people at the rally...
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 1:09pm PST
More photos from 11/19 Save Tookie Rally at San Quentin 
Photos of some of the speakers at the Save the Peacemaker Rally at San Quentin...
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 1:02pm PST
Governator allocates 60 minutes for Tookie's final hearing (30 minutes for each side) Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has set a 30-minute time limit for each side to argue over clemency for Stanley "Tookie" Williams. Schwarzenegger did not hold a similar meeting for either of the clemency petitions he has rejected (Kevin Cooper and Donald Beardslee)....
Posted: Fri, Dec 2, 2005 8:30am PST
Tu 11/29 San Rafael: Matt Gonzalez hosts "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"/discussion Matt Gonzalez chairs discussion about the 2002 Venezuelan coup after the movie The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is shown...
Posted: Mon, Nov 28, 2005 4:36pm PST
"Don't Kill Tookie" says Belafonte, Raitt, Mario Cuomo, Desmond Tutu & other Nobel winners "Through his work, gang truces have been mediated and long-standing wounds have been healed. Lives have been saved," the letter states. It concludes with a plea for the governor to use his executive power to "affirm the human capacity for personal transformation and reinforce the meaning of hope for young people everywhere."...
Posted: Wed, Nov 23, 2005 11:44pm PST
Statement of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Following His Visit With Stanley "Tookie" Williams CONTACT: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
Butch Wing, (510) 701-8955
Tracy K. Rice, Esq., (310) 994-8583...
Posted: Tue, Nov 22, 2005 4:40pm PST
Clemency for Stanley “Tookie” Williams, by former 60's activist & State Senator Tom Hayden Is it the state’s interest to inflict violence by execution against an inmate who is himself a resource against violence? Or should “Tookie” Williams’ sentence be to work against violence for the rest of his days?
I urge you to accept a standard of reasonable doubt. Should a man be executed where there are such significant differences of opinion over what his fate should be?...
Posted: Mon, Nov 21, 2005 12:01pm PST
Photos from Rally to Save Stanley "Tookie" Williams 
Pics from rally at San Questin on November 19 to prevent the execution of Stan "Tookie" Williams...
Posted: Sat, Nov 19, 2005 8:17pm PST
Save Stan "Tookie" Williams Rally at San Quentin 
Nearly a thousand people gathered at the gates of San Quentin prison this morning in order to stop the scheduled December 13 execution of Stan “Tookie” Williams. Speakers included rapper Snoop Dog, Fred Hampton Jr., and representatives of the Nation of Islam....
Posted: Sat, Nov 19, 2005 7:03pm PST
Photos from 11/19 Save Tookie Rally-- Snoop+Fred Hampton 
Hundreds of people came out to a rally outside of San Quentin today to demand clemency for Stanley "Tookie" Williams....
Posted: Sat, Nov 19, 2005 2:34pm PST
BART to add night service! Getting around the Bay Area on public transit after midnight, when BART stops running, is about to get a lot easier for late-night revelers and folks who work off-hours....
Posted: Sat, Nov 19, 2005 8:58am PST
Prison launches PR attack on death row inmate Stanley Tookie Williams Daniel Vasquez, who was warden at San Quentin from 1983 to 1993 and wrote a letter supporting clemency for the last death row inmate executed, said he had never seen such an inflammatory statement in a press release from the prison.
“It’s like they’re trying to drum up business for death row,” he said....
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 3:23pm PST
STOP HATE RADIO - Deny Clear Channel/KNEW's license renewal! On 11/8/05, Bill O'Reilly went on KNEW-910AM and used the public airwaves to condone a terrorist strike on San Francisco. He then suggested Al Qaeda specifically blow up Coit Tower - which is dedicated as a memorial to fallen firefighters.
TAKE ACTION NOW - DENY KNEW'S LICENSE RENEWAL: Go to http://www.bethemedia.org to print, sign and mail an Informal Objection to the FCC and the Station Owner before November 30, 2005....
Posted: Wed, Nov 16, 2005 11:49am PST
Stop the Execution of Stanley Tookie Willams (audio PSA) Audio/Radio PSA to Stop the Execution of Tookie Williams set for Decenber 13th 2005 also special message from Tookie from death row....
Posted: Mon, Nov 14, 2005 1:05pm PST
11/19:Save the Peacemaker Rally with Snoop Dogg at San Quentin Saturday, November 19th
10 am - 12 noon
San Quentin State Prison...
Posted: Fri, Nov 11, 2005 1:22pm PST
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