It'll be a nervous weekend for Stanley Tookie Williams, one of California's best known death row inmates, as he waits to see if the state's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, will grant him clemency.
Williams was convicted of a series of horrifying murder robberies during the late 1970s when he headed up Los Angeles' notorious Crips street gang.
The 51 year old maintains he's innocent and his case has attracted attention from black celebrities in the US like rapper Snoop Dogg and the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and this week South Africa's former first lady, Winnie Mandela, spoke in his favour.
In the past decade he's said to have redeemed himself by writing a number of books against America's gang-culture.
As a result he's been nominated, more than once, for the Nobel Peace prize.
Williams pled his case today but he won't know until Monday if he'll be spared.
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