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Kevin Cooper (born Richard Goodman; January 8, 1958) is an American man currently imprisoned at San Quentin State Prison's death row. Cooper was found guilty of four murders in the Chino Hills area of California in 1983.
Jan 14, 2023 · The special counsel appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to look into the case of Kevin Cooper, a death row inmate whose decades-old murder conviction fell under fierce scrutiny in recent years,...
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Jan 13, 2023 · Kevin Cooper, a convicted mass murderer, has been exonerated by an independent fact finder appointed by Governor Newsom. The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office supports the Ryen and Hughes families and condemns the sensationalists who have challenged Cooper's guilt.
Jan 14, 2023 · The review, ordered by Gov. Newsom in 2021, concluded that Cooper was the killer of four people in Chino Hills in 1983. Cooper had claimed he was framed and sought DNA re-testing, but the evidence against him was \"extensive and conclusive\".
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Jan 31, 2022 · Cooper, a Black man on death row for the 1983 murders of a White family, claims he was framed and has asked for DNA testing. A law firm hired by Newsom is analyzing the case file, which includes evidence that points to other suspects and witnesses who are dead or unreliable.
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- Erin Moriarty,Dena Goldstein
Jan 14, 2023 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — An independent review of California death row inmate Kevin Cooper’s conviction found that evidence of his guilt was “extensive and conclusive” in the 1983 stabbing deaths of four people, including two children, at a suburban Los Angeles home.
Jan 30, 2023 · Kevin Cooper is a death-row prisoner in California who claims innocence of a 1985 murder. His attorneys dispute the report by a special counsel appointed by Governor Newsom, which found him guilty based on extensive evidence.
