My dad was a homicide detecive in SoCal in the 1970s and I swear that on more than one occasion he bragged about saying 'whatever it took to put that puke behind bars' I heard his partners say much the same thing. These idiot pigs lied as a matter of course. Maybe they really believed that the ends justified the means, maybe they really believed the alleged perpetrators did what they were accused of and lying was justified if it got 'em off the streets. But the fact IS, cops lie. A lot.
What I'm saying here is, just because someone was found guilty in a California court doesn't mean they received a fair and honest trial. Cops are not to be trusted *just because* they're cops. Far from it. I grew up around cops (to me, 'pigs' for good reason) and I've never met a more dishonest, lying, racist bunch of jerks since.
I believe that Tookie has done enough time. His works in prison have more than redeemed him from anything he may or may not have done 30 years ago. Let the man go free. He says he didn't kill the people he's imprisoned for killing. Knowing what I know about California cops.. I believe him.
Preparing to Duck,
--monkeypie