Editorial: Gov. Brown should do the right thing and grant clemency to death row inmate Kevin Cooper
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Jun 14, 2018
3 minutes
Stymied by legal challenges, the state of California has not executed any of its more than 700 condemned prisoners since 2006. But if the machinery of death ever does rev back up, Kevin Cooper will be on the short list of people to receive lethal injections. He shouldn't be, and Gov. Jerry Brown needs to ensure that it doesn't happen.
Cooper was convicted of horrific crimes. Douglas and Peggy Ryen, their 10-year-old daughter Jessica, and 11-year-old houseguest
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