So Crips gang co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams should be executed next week for the brutal shotgun-slayings of four people. Williams' supporters claim that he has changed and point to a series of childrens' books he has authored as evidence that he can do more good for society alive and behind bars than six feet under. Curiously, none of Williams' supporters really argue his innocence -- though Williams continues to claim that he was not involved in the brutal slayings.

So, if Tookie-the-murderer is so influential with today's youth, then why are so many worried that violence will break out when Tookie gets his just rewards?