Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

2004
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
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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.

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author07 A friend of mine from work borrowed me this film, and, I have to say, I didn't really think much of it by the cover. I'd never heard of this man before, and when he asked me what I was going to watch first, I said the Jamie Foxx movie.And I am so pleased I watched. I've always liked Jamie, more since I saw The Kingdom. He really is a terrific actor; his screen presence leaves you breathless. You can see why he receives award nominations. I'm actually left speechless, because of this film. The way he portrayed Mr. Williams was amazing.I was actually tearful at one point, when you thought something was going to happen, but it didn't. I wanted to scream, no, you cannot do that, look what he is trying to achieve.All I can say is, this is a powerful, moving, well acted, well directed film, and it deserves to be recognised a lot more.
paige castinoo I think this movie was really good and stuff and I think that they shouldn't have executed him why? Why because if they didn't he would have made more books on why you shouldn't join gangs and a lot of the books have inspired teenagers not to join gangs all though i haven't read his books yet I'm sure they were really good because they inspired teenagers not to join gangs.I think that Stanley Tookie Williams was changing his life around I don't know why they executed him and I really don't understand why they didn't let him go because if they did let him go he wouldn't have went back to the streets and back to his gang which is the Crips because he was too old for the gang I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be seeing an old person in a gang of people because that just doesn't seem right seeing an old person in a gang it's like seeing old people listening to rap and R&B that's just wrong like seriously man I don't get it why would they kill someone who was changing his life around and writing books on why you shouldn't join gangs do you get it??
sham-mclean Last night he was executed which is just so wrong. He spent 24 years in jail, and yes i do believe what he did was terrible, but he definitely changed. And to think it was Arnold Schwarzenegger who let it happen (being the governor!?!) is just whacked. I mean since when did that guy have enough brains and intellect to be a governor. I think the death penalty should be gone. Killing people is just stopping to the criminal's level. Spending a lifetime in jail is enough torture, and half the time, killing them is what they want. They want to get out of their lives. So basically, killing them is giving them what they want anyway.
Pa'tricia Plowden I have watched the movie Redemption Two times and, I must say that it really touched me. First and foremost I don't agree with the way that our legal system is set up to begin with. Everyone likes to see criminals locked up behind bars to serve the time that they are sentenced. That is all fine and well but, what about when their sentence is up and, it's time for them to released back into "real population"??? Jails do not fully help people become rehabilitated because once they leave their cell they are basically on their own. In most instances after being released they are assigned to a Parole Officer to whom they report to. This is not enough what is needed is a back up system merely a support group. We don't want them to live in our neighborhoods and most companies don't want to hire ex-con's so what is their next resort back into a life of crime that ends up making the door to the jail house revolving. As I have stated earlier after watching the movie I have gained an interest in convicts and, on the conditions of their life in prison and beyond. I would like to see improvements in how they are treated while serving out their sentences. Now most will disagree with what I propose but, even though the jail house is full of rapist, child molester's, murders, etc.,. they are still human beings first.