Susan Sarandon Golden Hacksaw Award Stanley Tookie Williams says his life has changed totally since he entered San Quentin. A founder of Los Angeles notorious Crips gang, Tookie joined with journalist Barbara Becnel to produce several books designed to teach kids about the evils of gangs. Tookie s newest book, Life in Prison , has received kudos from the American Library Association. When Tookie, who has entertained Winnie Mandela and other celebrity admirers, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, Becnel described her prot g as wide-eyed like a child and really excited. Unable to see how much Tookie has grown, prosecutors snipe that articles about him often fail to mention that he murdered four people, allegedly schemed to kill a prison guard, and appears to be in firm control of the Blue Note Crips, the L.A. gang s San Quentin arm.
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Therefore, a special, loud round of applause for the Boca Raton seniors, who had the courage to tell the world that, while still able to play five bingo cards at once, they no longer had the marbles to punch a butterfly ballot for Al Gore. Today star Katie Couric probed another outmoded societal barrier when she broadcast her own colonoscopy on national television. Still, once you ve seen one colon, you ve seen them all. No sooner had the chastened cops been forced to put back the signs than a mean-spirited Young Republican called the festival an inappropriate expenditure of state tax dollars. We welcome nominations from readers for future winners of our False Courage Awards.