Stanley Tookie Williamas showed a who was the leader of the gang "crips" showed a change in character while servering his sentence. He was sentences to be excecuted and while in jail he did many nobel cause, which included becoming an anti-gang activist as well as writing children books.
But by changing himself, he did not change the past, or the lives that were runined while he ruled the gang. What about the lives that were taken, how can he change that. He is changing himself which is a good thing but what about the families that were laready distroyed by his sinful actions. As well as the people that are part of the gang that he started, how can he change that.
But by changing himself, he did not change the past, or the lives that were runined while he ruled the gang. What about the lives that were taken, how can he change that. He is changing himself which is a good thing but what about the families that were laready distroyed by his sinful actions. As well as the people that are part of the gang that he started, how can he change that.
Williams made mistakes, just like any other human being. There are many cases where innocence individual go to jail. Actualization on crime is different from preventing further act. He did not only realize his fault in creating the "crips" but he denied his act of murdering the people.
ReplyDeleteIn the utilitarian theory of punishment states that if the punishment does well to the society than the person deserves the punishment. Williams help many people by making the positive choice. Giving Williams the punishment to death row does not make society a better place. It would only justify the things he did wrong but in the future consent of the society. Deterrence theory is preventing crime from exceeding. William didn't further his crime, He not only prevent his crime from exceeding but he helped many others avoid making the mistake.
Kanchan, you rightly claim that Williams’ late change does not chance the harm for the victims. But his execution does not bring the victims back either. Tshering, you point out that sometimes innocent people convicted, but this leads to a different question, and it is independent of Williams’ later actions. Tshering, you also mention deterrence in favor of clemency, but that is problematic, since one can argue that granting clemency to Williams weakens the deterrent effect of the death penalty in general.
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