[kj] OT: Tookie and Arnie

[Bish]

It amazes me how it takes 24 years to execute someone, we dont have the 
death penalty here and im glad. Juries wont convict at the best of 
times, knowing someone gets a visit to old sparky makes them nervous i 
guess. Brits hate convicting anyone for major crime but go off their 
head at dogshit and cycling on the pavement.
Why does it take so long??

fatpotanga wrote:

>On 13/12/05 12:15, "Bish" wrote:
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>>Apologies for my ignorance, who is tookie ?
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>As christened by the tabloids, 'Tookie'  was the thief who stole Roger
>DeCoursey's puppet & ultimately ruined his career.
>He was supposed to be knighted, but due to a clerical error ended up on
>death row in California, confused for the founder member of the notorious
>Crips gang & accused of murdering 4 people during robberies in 1979, for
>which he strenuously denied
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>http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1666063,00.html
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