Stanley Williams was a convicted criminal.
Stanley `` Tookie '' Williams III ( December 29 , 1953 -- December 13 , 2005 ) was an American gang member and convicted murderer , who was part of the West Side Crips , a street gang which has its roots in South Central Los Angeles in 1969 . In 1979 , he was convicted of murdering four people -- three of the victims were an elderly Taiwanese couple and their daughter , and the fourth victim was a 7-Eleven employee in a separate occasion -- and sentenced to death .