Kevin Cooper: Victimized by American Injustice

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-- on August 1, he plead not guilty to murder charges;

-- on April 23, 1984, his trial was moved from Ontario to San Diego due to biased publicity;

-- on October 23, his trial began;

-- on February 19, 1985, he was convicted of multiples murders;

-- on March 1, the jury recommended the death penalty;

-- on May 15, he was sentenced to death;

-- on May 16, 1991, the California Supreme Court upheld the conviction;

-- on May 10, 2001, the state agreed to allow post-conviction DNA testing on a blood-stained t-shirt found on a roadside leading away from the murder site to prove Cooper's innocence;

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