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Tookie's Execution: The Human Element
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Ever wonder what's going through the minds of everyone involved in the death penalty, from the condemned man to the victim's families, witnesses, and executioners? Share my thoughts as I watched glued to the television on December 13, 2005, the night that Stanley "Tookie" Williams's execution was broadcast live.
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JP Ransom
J.P. Ransom educated herself and successfully recovered from a host of common chronic health problems. She is on a mission to share everything she learned with passion, humor, and cultural expression in her new book series Colla'd Greens For Your Soul. She lives with her husband, daughter, and mother in southern California.
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