[GPCA Updates] RELEASE: GREENS DENOUNCE GOVERNOR'S DECISION RE: TOOKIE WILLIAMS

[Jim Stauffer]

                 News Advisory

           THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA
               www.cagreens.org


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Monday, December 12, 2005

Official response:
Governor's Decision re: Stanley "Tookie" Williams


Green Party of California denounces death
penalty, governor's ‘unwise' decision to
not spare the life of ‘Tookie' Williams

SACRAMENTO  (December 12, 2005) – The Green Party of California Monday
denounced Gov. Schwarzenegger's decision today to not grant clemency to
Stan "Tookie" Williams.

"It is with profound sadness that we denounce the Governor for his unwise
decision today. We strongly feel that his decision will not, in any
constructive way, serve the cause of justice or community, in either the
short or long term," said the Green Party of California in a prepared
statement.

"The campaign to save Stan Williams was particularly urgent, and the Green
Party platform, unlike that of the Democratic and Republican parties, is
clear on this issue: the death penalty is wrong, under any circumstances,"
the statement concluded.

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Postscript

KPFA reported today that, in addition to wide condemnation from the European
Union, some Austrians are calling for the removal of Schwarzenegger's name
from a sports stadium, and the Austrian Greens are calling for his Austrian
citizenship to be revoked.