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Thursday, December 22, 2005

Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks at funeral for "Tookie"

Quote of the Day: The Rev. Jesse Jackson

"Tookie is dead. We're not safer, we're not more secure, we're not more humane."

-- The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist, speaking at the funeral Tuesday (Dec. 20) of Stanley Tookie Williams, who was put to death by injection for the 1979 murders of a 7-Eleven clerk and three motel owners. Jackson was quoted by the Associated Press.

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