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      • He was sentenced to death in 1981 for a total of four murders carried out during two robberies in 1979. Convenience store clerk Albert Owens was killed in the first, and in the second, motel owner Yen-Yi Yang, his wife, Tsai-Shen Yang and their daughter, Ye-Chen Lin.
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    Dec 24, 2005 · The killer later told friends that the next time he committed a robbery, he would murder his victims "just like I blew them Buddaheads away." During 24 years in prison, Williams generated a blizzard of appeals that proclaimed his innocence and, ironically, given his racist 1979 statement, charged that racial bias had tainted his 1981 murder trial.

  3. Stanley Tookie Williams III [1] [2] (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005) was an American gangster who co-founded and led the Crips gang in Los Angeles. He and Raymond Washington formed an alliance in 1971 that established the Crips as Los Angeles' first major African-American street gang. During the 1970s, Williams was the de facto leader ...

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  4. Mar 14, 2019 · ALSO: Families Of Murder Victims Furious At Governor's Decision To Halt Death Penalty As William's torso heaved, all Tony could hear was the weeping sounds from his victim's family.

  5. Four counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances. County of Trial: Los Angeles; Sentence Date: 04/20/1981; County of Residence: Unknown; County of Offense: Los Angeles; Offense Date: 03/11/1979; Court Action: Affirmed; Case #: A194636; Victims: Albert Lewis Owens (male, 24) Tsai-Shai Yang (male, 67) Yen-I Yang (female, 63) Ye Chen ...

  6. Dec 13, 2005 · Five members of the murder victims' families were at the prison, although it was not clear how many witnessed the execution. Williams, who earlier said he didn't want to invite anyone to...

  7. Dec 10, 2005 · Williams, 51, co-founder of the infamous Crips street gang in Los Angeles, was condemned for killing Owens in a 1979 robbery and three members of an immigrant family at a motel two weeks later.

  8. Dec 13, 2005 · Five members of the murder victims’ families were at the prison, although it was not clear how many witnessed the execution.

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