Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence resolutions which earned him multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations. After exhausting all forms of appeal, Tookie was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison, California; he was declared dead on December 13, 2005 at 12:35 a.m. PST (08:35 UTC). Williams is the 12th person to be executed by California since it reinstated the death penalty in 1977.
R
HD
Drama, Crime
2004
120 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
- Duration : 120 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : J.T. Allen
- Directors : Vondie Curtis-Hall min
- Imdb : 6.5 (2686 votes)
- Tomatoes : (N/A votes)
- Actors : Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young, Brenden Jefferson
Movie Storyline
Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence resolutions which earned him multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations. After exhausting all forms of appeal, Tookie was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison, California; he was declared dead on December 13, 2005 at 12:35 a.m. PST (08:35 UTC). Williams is the 12th person to be executed by California since it reinstated the death penalty in 1977.