Judges and Warden Say Man Scheduled for Execution is not Guilty

The crime occurred in 1983, within a week an escapee was arrested, tried and
convicted of killing members of a California family. One child did not die immediately
and said 3 white men were responsible. When the escapee's picture was shown on
television, the boy said it was not that man.

The article and the reason why so many believe the man on death row is innocent,
but is scheduled to be executed, is truly frightening. The opponents of capital
punishment who have long clung to puzzling clues and hints of police misconduct
have been joined by a prison warden, 11 federal judges and five jurors now
bothered by allegations that Cooper was framed.

When serious questions of guilt arise, governors and/or boards of pardon and parole
should automatically see that the sentence is commuted to life without possibility
of parole to prevent the execution of someone who might be innocent.

Going ahead with an execution when so many raise questions appears to be a
travesty of justice