Kevin Cooper: Will California Execute An Innocent Man? #1

PART 1 OF A 3 PART INTERVIEW:

This interview with author J. Patrick O'Connor about death row prisoner Kevin Cooper was conducted in June, 2009 in San Francisco.

Kevin Cooper is on death row at San Quentin State Prison. He was scheduled to be executed at 12:01 a.m. on February 10th, 2004. The execution was halted just hours before, after a battle inside and outside the courtroom to prove his innocence. Cooper's most recent appeal to stop his execution was rejected by the US Ninth Circuit Court on May 11, 2009.

Kevin Coopers lawyers are expected to file an appeal with the US Supreme Court later this fall, which will be Coopers last chance to avoid execution. To learn more, please visit www.savekevincooper.org or contact Rebecca Doran directly by phone (415-264-6622) or email (rebecca_doran@yahoo.com).

J. Patrick OConnor is the editor of www.crimemagazine.com and the author of The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal (Lawrence Hill, 2008). He has previously worked as a reporter for UPI, editor of Cincinnati Magazine, associate editor of TV Guide, and editor and publisher of the Kansas City New Times. This newly released video-interview with OConnor was conducted in June, 2009 in San Francisco, at the law office of Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe, which is the law firm representing Kevin Cooper. OConnor is currently researching and beginning to write a new book about Coopers story.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• death penalty
• prisons
• racism
• human rights
• police
• Kevin Cooper

[TheAdalaide]

Did they execute Kevin Cooper yet? Can't seem to find this when I google his name.

A few months ago, I was doing a EVP, and the name Cooper's House came up. I didn't really know to much about this case till then. With everything that I have been reading & hearing about him, I too believe he is innocent. Thanks for the video.

[angola3news]

No, he has not been executed. But it may happen very soon.

[martyngrrl]

@TetasMAgee23 He is guilty as sin. He has not been framed but is using that as a defense. Guilty and should have been executed years ago. I was there when his dna came back as a match. He gives the innocent a bad name because the truly innocent will suffer when a liar claims to be innocent.

[TetasMAgee23]

@martyngrrl do some fucking research they took a vile of blodd from him put it on the tshirt the white guy was wearing and put a ot in the house how the hell do you expect the cops to find one drop on the floor ... also there is a preservative when you draw out blood they checked the shirt if it had any and it did they fucking framed kevin cooper that man is innocent free kevin cooper fuck the system.!

[martyngrrl]

the DNA match Kevin Cooper. The DNA comes back to him. I can't people people believe he is innocent. Yeah, I know this...check it out the DNA is Kevin Coopers. That is a truth.

[derrickontop]

they never want to stae that the little boy that survived stated to detective that his staement at 5 years old that there was 4 to 5 white men that did the murders and the head detective in the case ordered thet the evidence of the white guys evidence to be destoyed im not saying hes innocent but he was not alone do your research

[prwexler]

This guy is an f'ing idiot!



[choppedpeanuts1]

He absolutely is GUILTY. You idiots need to read the actual court opinions instead of believing this crap by the thug lover movement and their lawyers.

[magicluvr91]

its crazy that i work right next door to the house that this happened at. i believe with every ounce of my being that it was kevin cooper

[Auggie97]

DNA in the victim's car in Long Beach was Coopers.

[FloridaRaider]

Joshua Ryen sounds pretty sure that he is the killer. I think anyone would remember the person that slit their throat.

[RAWRAWRWAR]

@angola3news i hope they do.