This is a long article with loads of graphics - virtually impossible to print the whole thing.
But here is the link -
And here is text from Kristof's weekly email which I subscribe to - I'm glad he seems to have gotten over his hate Trump obsession. CNN: NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof says there's more to cover then just bashing Trump
| That’s me with a convicted quadruple-murderer, Kevin Cooper, who is awaiting execution at San Quentin Prison in California. I believe Cooper is innocent and was framed by sheriff’s deputies in California, and I even think I know who did commit the murders and why (a man who is free and was not pleased to hear from me). |
| I’ve spent the last couple of months reporting this case, from reading the trial transcripts to visiting Cooper in San Quentin to interviewing everyone I could reach who is still alive. And I’m not the only one who thinks he was framed: Several federal judges and four law school deans have said the same thing, along with the president of the American Bar Association. And yet he’s awaiting execution. |
| Most frustrating, Governor Jerry Brown refuses to allow advanced DNA testing of a shirt worn by the murderer, or of blond hairs found in the victims’ hands, or of a hatchet that was a murder weapon — even though the defense is willing to pay for the testing. I find it unconscionable that in a case with so much doubt, Brown blocks the testing that could settle the issue. Earlier, Senator Kamala Harris, when she was attorney general of California, likewise refused to allow this advanced DNA testing for Cooper, apparently to avoid seeming soft on crime. |
| This is a horrifying story of a home invasion with four people murdered and a eight-year-old boy left for dead with his throat slashed. But this horrible crime was compounded, I argue, when the authorities — under great pressure to solve the murder — then framed an innocent man. |
| We have a chance to save a man’s life here. I hope you’ll read the piece, share it with friends, and contact Governor Brown’s office to ask him to allow DNA testing. His website also includes an email form to make it very easy. |
| As you’ll see, the online version of this column (the print version will appear this Sunday) involves lots of fancy graphics that we’ve been working on for more than a month. Special thanks to my colleagues Stuart Thompson and Jessia Ma for making the display unforgettable. |
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| And again, here’s my piece about what I believe to be a case of an innocent man who was framed for murder and is awaiting execution. Let’s push for DNA testing to find out who did it. I’m hoping that we may be able to save a life. |
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