To: Kamala Harris, Attorney General of California, The California State Senate, and Governor Gavin Newsom
Innocent Californian on Death Row! Save This Life!
An innocent Californian named Kevin Cooper is slated to die! Five Federal Judges declared his innocence.
Why is this important?
Is It Better That Ten Guilty Persons Go Free Than That One Innocent Person Be Convicted! But this innocent man is not just convicted, but is on death row.
“I am the only person in the history of the state [California] to have five federal circuit judges say that ‘the state of California may be about to execute an innocent man,” said Cooper during an interview with NBC from the prison. “I’m not asking America as a whole, or any one person in particular, to believe me. Forget what I say. I’m asking people to believe those [judges].” Kevin Cooper.
Five Federal Judges, after carefully reviewing the trial court's ruling, decided that Kevin Cooper did not commit the alleged crime. "The judges found that the prosecution and the Sheriff’s office destroyed, tampered with and hid from the defense significant evidence that the jury never heard. Finally, in a damning statement the judges wrote, “The State of California may be about to execute an innocent man.”
"Death row inmate Kevin Cooper is up for execution in California for a brutal murder that occurred in 1983. Cooper was sentenced to death in 1985 for the brutal murder of a family in the Chino Hills suburb of Los Angeles. Police contend that Cooper killed Douglas and Peggy Ryen, their 10-year-old daughter Jessica, and 10-year-old Chris Hughes, who was staying with the family the night of the murders. There was one survivor, a then 8-year-old Josh Ryen who had his throat cut and was left for dead. When Josh Ryen recovered from his injuries, he stated that it was three white or Hispanic men that attacked and killed his family and that Cooper was not involved. This started a chain of events that reveal a 30 year cover up and blatant falsification of evidence by police and the prosecutor’s office in San Bernadino County.
Copper’s execution is scheduled for this month [February 2016]."
Tell the California House, Senate, and the Governor of California to re-consider Kevin's execution decision.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Cooper_(inmate)
Thank you!
Esayas
“I am the only person in the history of the state [California] to have five federal circuit judges say that ‘the state of California may be about to execute an innocent man,” said Cooper during an interview with NBC from the prison. “I’m not asking America as a whole, or any one person in particular, to believe me. Forget what I say. I’m asking people to believe those [judges].” Kevin Cooper.
Five Federal Judges, after carefully reviewing the trial court's ruling, decided that Kevin Cooper did not commit the alleged crime. "The judges found that the prosecution and the Sheriff’s office destroyed, tampered with and hid from the defense significant evidence that the jury never heard. Finally, in a damning statement the judges wrote, “The State of California may be about to execute an innocent man.”
"Death row inmate Kevin Cooper is up for execution in California for a brutal murder that occurred in 1983. Cooper was sentenced to death in 1985 for the brutal murder of a family in the Chino Hills suburb of Los Angeles. Police contend that Cooper killed Douglas and Peggy Ryen, their 10-year-old daughter Jessica, and 10-year-old Chris Hughes, who was staying with the family the night of the murders. There was one survivor, a then 8-year-old Josh Ryen who had his throat cut and was left for dead. When Josh Ryen recovered from his injuries, he stated that it was three white or Hispanic men that attacked and killed his family and that Cooper was not involved. This started a chain of events that reveal a 30 year cover up and blatant falsification of evidence by police and the prosecutor’s office in San Bernadino County.
Copper’s execution is scheduled for this month [February 2016]."
Tell the California House, Senate, and the Governor of California to re-consider Kevin's execution decision.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Cooper_(inmate)
Thank you!
Esayas