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U.S. Supreme Court

Dec. 2, 2009

Death Row Inmate Runs Out of Options

California death row inmate Kevin Cooper appears to have run out of legal options after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear his latest habeas corpus petition.

By Lawrence Hurley

Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - California death row inmate Kevin Cooper appears to have run out of legal options after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear his latest habeas corpus petition - one of a number of cases the court acted on after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Cooper has for years claimed innocence in the Chino Hills killing, but no state or federal appellate court has ever b...

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