A late Nobel Peace Prize nominee describes his co-founding of the notorious Crips gang and the criminal activities for which he was executed in 2005, relating how from prison he became a powerful anti-gang activist and inspiration to such figures as Desmond Tutu, Jesse Jackson, and Jamie Foxx
Williams co-founded the Crips in his L.A. neighborhood, but what began as protection became a notorious gang. A 1981 conviction sent him to death row, where he was executed in 2005. From his jail cell, he became a powerful anti-gang activist.
