Kill Tookie?

Radio hosts John & Ken (on LA's KFI-640) have launched a "Kill Tookie" hour. Of course, the PC types are Outraged!, and various Bolsheviks are pimping the cause, too. John & Ken are, as usual, a bit over the top, but they're not wrong on this one.

These were murders, in part racially motivated. Here are chilling photos of the victims. Here's the DA's summary of the trial and the case. Note that Williams referred to his Chinese victims as "Buddaheads" and didn't care about his victim Owens because he was white. Also note that in spite of overwhelming evidence, Williams has never admitted to or publicly repented the crime.

My libertarian side makes me a bit hesitant about the death penalty--a lot of power to give the government--but I believe retribution is one basis for sentencing, and if we are to have a death penalty, someone who killed four people in cold blood for a few bucks deserves to die, even if he wrote some stupid children's books and the usual suspects are braying for clemency. And appeal rights and all, 25 years is too long to wait for the sentence to be carried out.