MS-13: AN INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE Gang Uses Deportation to Its Advantage to Flourish in U.S. Mara Salvatrucha is rooted locally, but it has become a force in Central America and the Washington area. U.S. policy provided unintended aid. By Robert J. Lopez, Rich Connell and Chris Kraul Times Staff Writers October 30, 2005 SAN SALVADOR — […]
THE NATION For Some, Redemption of Killer Rings Hollow By Jill Leovy Times Staff Writer October 29, 2005 Gene Hetzel is aware that death row inmate Stanley “Tookie” Williams has written books and been the subject of a movie. Hetzel even heard talk of a Nobel Prize nomination some years ago. And he knows that […]
Slain Young Actress Is Mourned Tara Correa-McMullen had a TV role as a teenager killed while trying to turn her life around. Last week, she was shot to death. By Amanda Covarrubias and David Pierson Times Staff Writers October 29, 2005 When Tara Correa-McMullen was 14, she got the kind of big break that aspiring […]
By Alex A. Alonso StreetGangs.com Staff Writing October 26, 2005 updated: January 10, 2006, 4:30pm PST View Tookie Photos Stanley “Tookie” Williams is scheduled to be executed on December 13, 2005 in California’s San Quentin Prison for the murder of 4 people that he was convicted for in 1981. Albert Lewis Owens, 25, Tsai-Shen Yang, […]
Henry Weinstein (Los Angeles Times) | October 25, 2005 Lawyers and religious figures on Monday launched what is expected to be a vigorous battle to save the life of Stanley “Tookie” Williams, the reputed co-founder of the Crips street gang, after a judge set Dec. 13 as his execution date. Because he has lost all […]
Earl Ofari Hutchinson (Pacific News Service) | October 23, 2005 By now many know the story of Stanley “Tookie” Williams, courtesy of the smash performance by Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx, who played Williams in the made-for-TV film “Redemption.” The story of the co-founder of the Crips street gang is a gory tale of mayhem […]
Redemption, God, a Crip and the ‘Rapture index’ By Diane Winston Diane Winston, Knight chair of media and religion at USC, can be reached at: dhwinston@gmail.com. October 23, 2005 IF, COME DECEMBER, California executes the man who reputedly founded the Crips street gang, I won’t take it as a sign of the apocalypse. But I […]
Gangs: A vicious cycle Deporting gang members triggers boomerang effect: Culture spreads across the Americas, winning recruits who see L.A. as the promised land. By S. Lynne Walker Copley News Service TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Marlon Fuentes is a big man in his cell block at Honduras’ largest prison. His face is tattooed. His talk is […]
Cosby Takes a Stand in Compton The comedian urges residents at a community meeting to ‘work toward something’ in fixing the city’s problems. By Megan Garvey Times Staff Writer October 20, 2005 Bill Cosby didn’t come to Compton High School on Wednesday night to sugarcoat reality. He began with a story about both hope and […]
Today: October 13, 2005 at 7:47:21 PDT Film appearance may be bad exposure for suspect Las Vegas man known as ‘K Boose’ faces 24 counts including murder, conspiracy David Kihara reporter Las Vegas Sun By David Kihara (david.kihara@lasvegassun.com) LAS VEGAS SUN A Las Vegas man who is facing a 24-count murder and conspiracy indictment may […]
3 More Are Killed in Compton The latest slayings bring the total so far this year to 54, well over last year’s total, despite recent aggressive law enforcement efforts. By Megan Garvey Times Staff Writer October 13, 2005 Compton, already reeling from a spike in homicides this year, saw three more killings overnight Tuesday — […]
October 11, 2005 SUPREME COURT SAYS RACIAL BIAS IN JURY SELECTION NOT GROUNDS FOR APPEAL On October 11th, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Stanley “Tookie” Williams’ appeal to investigate the racism and discrimination at the heart of the case, as well as Tookie’s innocence issues. The prosecutor in Tookie’s original case removed all of the […]