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DESCRIPTION:\nFor those of you who may not know what's happening in the Kevin Cooper 
 case, he has a very important hearing in the 9th circuit court of appeals 
 tomorrow (Jan 9th). Below is our press release, announcement and a 
 statement by Kevin himself on why this hearing is so important 
 \n--Crystal\n \nPRESS RELEASE \nCampaign to End the Death Penalty 
 \nContact: Cameron Sturdevant, 510.938.2033, camconnect101@ yahoo.com  
 \nwww.nodeathpenalty. org  \nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \nDEATH ROW INMATE KEVIN 
 COOPER ARGUES CASE BEFORE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT   \nJanuary 8, 2007/San 
 Francisco—The Campaign to End the Death Penalty and other supporters of 
 Ca. death row prisoner Kevin Cooper will provide an update on Cooper's case 
 on Tuesday, January 9 th after the 1:30 p.m. hearing of U.S. Ninth Circuit 
 Court of Appeals meeting at 95 Seventh Street in San Francisco. The hearing 
 is scheduled to start at 1:30 and is expected to be one hour. The press 
 conference will start directly after the hearing ends at around 2:30 and 
 will be held on the courthouse steps. \nOral arguments from the prosecution 
 and defense will focus on 10 key issues in Cooper's case, including actual 
 innocence, prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional violations. Further 
 information about Cooper's appeal is available at www.savekevincooper .org  
  \nSpeaking will be:\nElizabeth Terzakis, member of Campaign to End the 
 Death Penalty and advocate/friend of Kevin Cooper \nBarbara Becnel, 
 advocate of executed death row prisoner Stanley Tookie Williams\nNatasha 
 Minsker, Death Penalty Policy Director, ACLU of Northern California 
 \nVeronica Luna, family member of a California death row prisoner 
 \n###\n\n\nAction Alert!\n\nKevin Cooper, who came within hours of 
 execution in 2004, has been granted a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing 
 on January 9th, 2007, in San Francisco. He needs your support! This hearing 
 ( Oral Arguements) allows him to appeal 10 key issues including actual 
 innocence, prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional violations. Kevin 
 Cooper has not received justice since winning a stay of execution in 2004. 
 \n\nThis very important hearing is a great place for you to show your 
 support for Kevin Cooper and opposition to the death penalty:\n\nTuesday, 
 January 9, 2007\n\nHearing @ 1:30 p.m. \n(meet outside the court building 
 at 1:00) \n\nPress Conference/Rally immediately following\n2:30 p.m. - 3:30 
 p.m.\n(outside of the court building)\n\n9th Circuit Court of Appeals\n95 
 Seventh Street San Francisco, CA 94103\n\nCourt map and info: 
 http://www.ca9. uscourts. gov/ca9/courtinf o.nsf/6f311f8841 
 e7da248825640500 6827f0/a4884bc0b 0ca961d882566500 01e9365?OpenDocu ment  
 \n\nPress Conference to be held by Stop Executions California, a coalition 
 of anti-death penalty groups in the Bay Area. For more information about 
 the press conference e-mail stopexecutionscalif ornia@yahoo. com  \n\nFor 
 more information on Kevin Cooper's case, contact the Campaign to End the 
 Death Penalty at 510-333-7966.\n\n\n"The Merits" \n\nby Kevin Cooper \n\nIt 
 is my understanding that on [January 9th, 2007], a three-Judge panel of the 
 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will have Oral Arguments in my case, and do so 
 "on the Merits!" \n\nIf this is truly the case, then it will be the very 
 first time in over 20 years, or since I was first arrested in 1983, that 
 this will happen. \n\nAll I have ever asked, and all that I have a right to 
 ask, is that the whole truth be told about this case. So far, despite what 
 the state claims, this has never happened. I am not asking for just my side 
 to be told in this, and I most definitely don't want just the state's 
 one-sided side to be told as it has been with the help of the mainstream 
 news media. \n\nI want both sides to be told, I want the truth to be told! 
 I want this case to truly be heard "on the Merits" this around! So far the 
 state has lied about evidence, destroyed evidence, withheld evidence, 
 ignored evidence, tampered with evidence, contaminated evidence, used a 
 lying jailhouse snitch/informant and even allowed the D.A. who helped 
 convict me to lie in Federal District Court when he was under oath!\n\nYet 
 despite all of this, the attorneys who are representing me are, for the 
 very first time, about to be heard "on the Merits!" Maybe there is justice 
 after all. \n\nIn Struggle From Death Row\n\nAt San Quentin 
 Prison,\n\nKevin Cooper\n\n \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/08/18345011.php
SUMMARY:Press Conf: Update About Kevin Cooper
LOCATION:The press conference will start directly after the hearing ends at around 
 2:30 and will be held on the courthouse steps. \nU.S. Ninth Circuit Court 
 of Appeals, 95 Seventh Street 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/08/18345011.php
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