That was the final statement of 3 witnesses at Stanley Williams' execution. I will admit I have mixed feelings about the death penalty as it currently is.
That being said I have to take exception with that statement. It has been the rallying cry for thousands who were sucked in to the charisma and "gift of gab" that allowed this person to create one of the most vicious and violent gangs in history. I can't say if he was guilty or not of the specific crime this judgement was for. I have to wonder though when the 9th Circuit, the most criminal friendly court in the country, would not overturn the conviction.
In the end, one truth does unequivacally remain. He was a co-founder of the Crips. He most certainly engaged in killings, robberies, drug dealing and other violent crimes for most of his life. It is their credo, which he formulated. He was also a very smart person, smart enough to wage a 20+ year scam on everyone around him if it suited his purposes.
He has been involved in numerous violent actions since he has been in prison. Never once has he attempted to help the police, or anyone else, put a stop to the existing gangs, he has only writen a couple of children's books decrying the "evils" of gangs. In fact, he said he promised God he would not rat anyone out. Do his supporters not see the hypocrisy of that statement and therein the underlying character behind it? These same people accuse Bush of using God to justify war and say it is proof of his evil, yet see nothing wrong with Williams doing the same thing to protect those waging war on our own soil (Bush never actually made a statement like that - Williams did). Guess which war has taken more innocent American lives? If he was truly repentant, would he not have helped bring down, and therefore save lives, the gangs that already exist?
The real question, as in any death penalty case, is whether an innocent person was executed. In this case, there is no way you can legitimately characterize this person as an innocent. Is the death penalty a legitimate form of punishment? I am not sure, but in this case I admit to having no sense of loss that this particular person is gone.