STANLEY TOOKIE WILLIAMS: DEAD AT LAST, DEAD AT LAST, DEAD AT LAST.

At what point does celebrity become more important that justice? The leader of the violent Crips gang kills four people and is now celebrated as some latter day innocent. Since the murders in 1979, time has managed to erase all his guilt and create a twisted martyrhood. The fact that the families of those slain have spent the last 26 years knowing that the brutal murderer was still alive counts for nothing.

So the man has written some kids books. Big freakin' deal. In fact, he co-wrote the books, probably because writing isn't a big thing for murderous gang members. The guy was a crook and yet some misguided people seem to believe that his wrong-doings can be tossed aside because time has passed.

If you're not convinced, here's the roster of his supporters, according to the Reuters news service: Jesse Jackson, actor Mike Farrell, former gang members and leaders of the Nation of Islam. That's one publicity seeker, a C-list celebrity, upstanding young citizens who had a "troubled youth," and radical moslems whose usual idea of justice is to lop off body parts.

But wait, there's more! "At one end, a group holding crosses sang religious hymns while along the sidewalk a number of people sat silently in protest with candles burning in front of them. Others banged drums or prayed." Oh great, now we have the bible-thumping fraternity who presumably have no problem with his murdering four folks and want to save his soul.

"One woman knelt on her hands and knees to pray, clutching prayer beads and bowing her head." Well, looks like God had other ideas because if He thought Tookie was innocent, why didn't He intevene and save him? Nope, God wanted him to die, and the proof is that he DID die. Alleluia! Prasie the Lord and pass the injection.

Stand back and wait for "Tookie: The Movie," "Tookie: The Musical," and "St. Tookie: The Road to Canonization" from Harper Collins. Doubtless there are already "Tookie is Innocent" t-shirts available on the Internet, and more self-promoting, spineless celebs will be bleating about injustice and government murder.

Hey, maybe Saddam is a good guy after all! This "ethnic cleansing" and "genocide" thing is all a but hyped up, isn't it? And anyway, it happened a long time ago and surely Saddam's repented by now?

Pass me the sick bag - I think I want to throw up.