
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
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.
Release Date: 2004-03-03
Crime
Drama
TV Movie
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Casts

Jamie Foxx
as Stan 'Tookie' Williams

Lynn Whitfield
as Barbara Becnel

Lee Thompson Young
as Charles Becnel

Brenden Jefferson
as Young Stan Williams

Brenda Bazinet
as Barbara's Agent

Greg Ellwand
as Prison Chief

Joseph Pierre
as 17yr. old Ray Washington

Karl Campbell
as Deuce-Five

Martin Roach
as Guard Morales