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California / Cooper Execution #748285

NBC Evening News for Sunday, Feb 08, 2004
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.

(Chino Hills, California: Tom Costello) The push in California to avert the execution of Kevin Cooper† featured; details given about Cooper's conviction for the 1985 gruesome massacre of the Ryen†† family & a boy, Christopher Hughes. [Rainbow Coalition's Jesse JACKSON - comments on "reasonable doubt."] [Murder victim's mother Mary Anne HUGHES - calls Cooper evil.] [Former jury foreman Frank NUGENT†- says Cooper has the right for evidence to be inspected.] [Cooper attorney Lanny DAVIS†, former district attorney Dennis KOTTMEIER†- offer differing opinions on the evidence.] Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's denial of clemency noted. [Actor Mike FARRELL†- criticizes the state's chief executive.]

Reporter(s):
Seigenthaler, John;
Costello, Tom
Duration:
00:02:20

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