288: The Mishandled Case of Kevin Cooper - February 10 2020 - Today in True Crime History

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Evidence is the basis of a conviction. Without it, dangerous men and women would walk free. But, on some occasions, the evidence can be either misinterpreted, ignored, or just flat out not brought into court. Those are the cases where innocent people go to prison and murderers are left free. On February 10th 2004 a man who was, by all accounts a criminal in need of prison time, was scheduled to be executed. However, the evidence in his case was mishandled in a way that has left Kevin Cooper alive and in prison 15 years after he was set to die. Kevin Cooper Scheduled Execution (2004)

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Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com

Evidence is the basis of a conviction. Without it, dangerous men and women would walk free. But, on some occasions, the evidence can be either misinterpreted, ignored, or just flat out not brought into court. Those are the cases where innocent people go to prison and murderers are left free. On February 10th 2004 a man who was, by all accounts a criminal in need of prison time, was scheduled to be executed. However, the evidence in his case was mishandled in a way that has left Kevin Cooper alive and in prison 15 years after he was set to die. Kevin Cooper Scheduled Execution (2004)

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