Stanley “Tookie” Williams Jameelah Green Hillsborough Community College Marsha Frazier Juvenile Delinquency Stanley Tookie Williams was more than just a “GangBanger”; he was a man of honor and sought fourth to take care of his community regardless of the mistakes he has made. The Cultural Deviance Theory would define Stanley because of his upbringing. Bring brought up in Southern California was rough back in the 70s. There was a lot of violence‚ hatred‚ racism‚ poverty among this generation
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Stanley Tookie Williams III Stanley Tookie Williams III was born on December 29th 1953 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana to a younger mother at 17. The family was abounded by his father in 1959. Shortly after his father leaving the family him and his mother boarded a Greyhound bus headed to Los Angles in hope to find a better life for them both. As I young child he found it more interesting to be in the street than be at home. He had become the new kid on which led him to be subjected to the neighborhood
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Stanley Tookie Williams - Death Penalty Case Study Crime is a major problem in our world today. Some people in our country live in fear that they will be the next victim of a crime; they could be robbed‚ raped‚ or even murdered. There are so many theories on how to stop crime. One of the theories is the use of the death penalty as a deterrent. There are a lot of issues that surround that idea that make the use of the death penalty just as bad as the accused committing murder. It is very contradictive
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Tookie’s supporters knew the Noble peace prize nomination meant nothing. It was the right wingers on A.M. radio that took that point‚ made by‚ mind you‚ few people‚ and turned it into a huge straw man by making it out to be the primary defense of Tookie by his supporters. In case you’ve been in a cave since the year 2000; The Republicans have been known to do such things.The worst that has come out of this entire ordeal is that white America has proven that they know even LESS bout inner city life
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Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams III was the co-founder of the Crips‚ with its roots in South Central Los Angeles in 1971. In 1979 he was convicted of four murders committed during the course of robberies‚ and he remained in prison for the rest of his life. Later on in his life‚ he became an author of twelve books‚ including anti-gang and violence literature and children’s books. Williams apparently rebuffed the police in their efforts to investigate his gang‚ and was implicated in several
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In the article “The Follower and Stanley Williams” the authors prove that a person cannot become someone else. Jack the narrator for the “Follower” kept going to Frankies and Scary Gary’s for trouble‚ once you get in trouble you want more trouble. “Mom said if I catch you over at those boy’s house you will be grounded.” For example‚ Jack kept going to Frankies and his mom caught him and his mom got mad and told him if I catch you over at those boys you will be grounded‚ but jack kept sneaking over
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SUMMARY OF UNCHOPPING A TREE by William Stanley Merwin Merwin’s Unchopping a Tree is a procedural essay as we can infer from the title alone. Here‚ Merwin describes what it takes for one to put together again a tree that has been cut down. Note that the author is very accurate in his steps so as to ensure that the tree will be exactly what it was when the rebuilding is done. According to Merwin‚ we have to start with the leave sand all others that belong to the tree’s crowning glory. They
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Stanley Ho Hung Sun : the ‘King of Gambling’ ‚from his multiethnic identity to the contribution to society Introduction Macao is known to the world for its casino industry. Macao ’s richest man‚ Ho Hung Sun‚ is an entrepreneur in Asia. Ho is also known as "The King of Gambling"‚ showing the monopoly he held of the Macau gambling industry for over 40 years. Behind Stanley Ho ’s successful career is a story of ordeals and adventures that will inspire everyone. This essay focuses on the contribution
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The Stanley Parable is a game in which takes control of the titular character as an unseen narrator instructs the player around an office building. It is up to the player to obey or disobey the narrator‚ which leads to a variety of ways the game ends. My first time playing the game‚ I was introduced to it by a friend who told me to sit down and play it with no explanation of what the game was. Because of this‚ I simply did exactly what the narrator said‚ with no thought about directly going against
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1. What does Milgram’s study tell us about human behaviour? Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted the Milgram experiment‚ study to see the participants’ willingness to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts that differed with their conscience. The study is used to show the aim that Stanley Milgram himself placed to see the willingness of the participant to obey use pain if one of the participants got an answer wrong. Overall‚ 65% of the participants gave
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