"Clemency cases are always difficult, and this one is no exception," Schwarzenegger said. "After studying the evidence, searching the history, listening to the arguments and wrestling with the profound consequences, I could find no justification for granting clemency. The facts do not justify overturning the jury's verdict or the decisions of the courts in this case."
But really, did everyone expect someone nicknamed
"The Terminator" to grant a release from execution?
If that was everyone's last hope they were sadly disillusioned.
Many of the inmate's supporters made their last stand on Sunday (December 11), indicating that a man who could help prove Williams' innocence had come forward. According to Allhiphop.com, the group of supporters recorded and forwarded the alleged witness statements to Governor Schwarzenegger's office for his review, but without success.
Schwarzenegger called the decision of Williams' clemency "a very heavy responsibility." Williams now faces execution by lethal injection on Tuesday (December 13) for the murder of four individuals in 1979.
In an interview conducted in November, Williams seems to be accepting his fate with out complaint.
"I am not the kind of person to sit around and worry about being executed," Williams told Reuters last month. "I'm sure there are detractors who would like to hear that I am weeping ... [but] I fear nothing except God."
Williams' case was also taken to the California Supreme Court, where it ruled on Sunday (December 11) to allow his execution to proceed as scheduled on Tuesday, saying that each of the nine claims were "without merit."In addition, a federal appeals court also ruled on Monday against the stay of execution for Williams. Williams is expected to be executed one minute after midnight.
That's a crazy picture of the Terminator you found. :) Totaly agree on that point, if everyone expected a stay of execution for the man responsible for starting one of Americas biggest gangs, which in return has been responsible directly and indirectly for for so many of California's gang related deaths and violence they've been smoking too much of their own product. And even more so as you said if they expect that stay of execution to come from T3!
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