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May 29, 2003

"Just by being what you are, other people will change ... but you don't do it because you want to change them. You do it to make your heart free." --Don Miguel Ruiz

It's not everyday that someone on death row gets nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. But it happened to Tookie. When Tookie was 16, he founded one of the most notorious gangs in the history of the country -- Crips. At 26, he was convicted for four murders and placed on death row. But after two years there, in solitary confinement, Tookie deeply regretted his past; today, he works diligently from the prison to destroy the gangs and write books to help kids in similar circumstances.