Stanley Williams
About
American criminal and former leader of the street gang the Crips who became an anti-gang activist after his incarceration. His execution provoked a nationwide discussion on the death penalty.
Before Fame
He was a latchkey kid who was influenced by the violent adults in his neighborhood.
Trivia
He was executed via lethal injection and became the second California inmate to have been executed in 2005.
Family Life
His mother was seventeen at the time she gave birth to him.
Associated With
He was portrayed by Jamie Foxx in the 2004 biographical film Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story.
