Erin Moriarty
speaker
6,502 appearances
56 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 3d ago
Erin Moriarty’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Doesn't that give you pause?
Doesn't that make you feel that you have to do whatever you can to make sure that the right person's being executed?
Former District Attorney Michael Ramos inherited Cooper's case in 2003.
By 2010, Kevin Cooper, 52 years old, had been on death row nearly half his life.
His appeals had run out.
And then, a newspaper columnist 3,000 miles away took notice.
What caught Kristof's attention was Judge William Fletcher's dissent.
Kristof is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer covering genocide and human rights issues.
And there was something about Kevin Cooper's case that struck a chord.
He looks the part that people had in their minds for a ruthless killer.
And it is particularly problematic when a black person is charged with the killings of white people.
Kristof and a team from the New York Times closely examined the evidence the state said tested positive for Cooper's blood in 2002, the tiny blood-stained paint chip and the tan T-shirt.
Kristof's conclusion?
You believe, as you're sitting here right now, that there was evidence planted?
But if that's true, how did Cooper's DNA get on those items?
Defense attorney Norman Heil has a theory.
And according to court documents, before the DNA tests were done, this glassine envelope, which contained the paint chip, was checked out overnight, signed out to the same criminalist who had matched the blood on it to Cooper.
His reason?
He said it was to assure there was enough evidence to test.
Kevin, what do you believe happened when he took out the single drop of blood that they say connects you to the case?
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