Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Race
,Mar 23, 2016
American Bar Association President Paulette Brown has sent a letter to California Govenor Jerry Brown urging him to grant a reprieve to death row inmate Kevin Cooper
Innocence
,Jan 30, 2023
Kevin Cooper (pictured) is a death-row prisoner in California who was convicted of murdering four people in 1985. He has maintained his innocence of the offense. On January 13, 2023, a special counsel appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to conduct …
Innocence
,Apr 18, 2016
California death row prisoner Kevin Cooper (pictured), whose innocence claims recently spurred the American Bar Association to
Innocence
,Jun 01, 2021
California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered an independent investigation into the case of Kevin Cooper, who has consistently maintained his innocence in the 1983 quadruple-murder for which he was sentenced to dea…
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Feb 05, 2016
As California’s new lethal injection protocol moves the state towards resuming executions, Kevin Cooper (pictured, left) is seeking clemency from Gov. Jerr…
Innocence
,Race
,May 29, 2018
New York Times Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Nicholas Kristof used the power of his pen to focus national attention on the troubling case of California death-row prisoner, Kevin Cooper and to urge Governor Jerry Brown to authorize DNA testing t…
Innocence
,Dec 29, 2010
In an editorial, the Los Angeles Times has called on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California to commute Kevin Cooper’s death sentence before leaving office in early January 2011. The
Innocence
,Race
,May 29, 2018
In his May 20 column in the Sunday New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Nicholas Kristof (pictured, left) focused national attention on the troubling case of
Innocence
,Nov 12, 2019
At least 166 wrongfully convicted death-row prisoners have been exonerated since the death penalty was reinstituted in the United States in 1973. That number, however, may only scr…
Innocence
,New Voices
,Jul 12, 2016
During his 45 years in law enforcement, including 24 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, homicide investigator Tom Parker (pictured) changed his view on the death penalty. “There were times during my career when I woul…
Innocence
,May 18, 2018
Citing extensive evidence that California death-row prisoner Kevin Cooper (pictured) may have been framed, New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning column…
Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,New Voices
,Dec 09, 2010
A recent op-ed by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof (pictured) of the New York Times focuses on the possible innocence of Kevin Cooper, a black defendant on California’s d…
Innocence
,Nov 12, 2019
Rob Warden and John Seasly speak with Anne Holsinger about their
