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Kevin Cooper
As of this writing the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed the execution of Kevin Cooper and prepared the way for a new hearing of his case. The State of California appealed to the Supreme Court which refused to vacate the original decision of the federal appeals court., so, at this moment, Kevin Cooper lives....
Posted: Sat, Feb 14, 2004 9:05am PST
Van Jones on Police Acctblty (video/quicktime 956.6KB)
Van Jones on Police Acctblty...
Posted: Sat, Feb 14, 2004 12:29am PST
Oakland Renters Targeted As Being A Nuisance
On Febuary 17 2004, The Oakland City Council Is Voting On An Ordinance Intended To Grant The City Of Oakland The Power To Evict Individual Renters That May Be Accused Of Being A Nuisance By The City Of Oakland!...
Posted: Fri, Feb 13, 2004 1:10am PST
Out Of The Strollers and Into The Streets!
Out of the Strollers and Into the Streets- Baby Bloc at Reclaim The Streets!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 12, 2004 3:06pm PST
Execution of Kevin Cooper Halted!
Hundreds Protest at the Gates of San Quentin as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issues a stay of execution for Kevin Cooper...
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2004 10:14am PST
Kevin Cooper Rally at Quentin (video/x-pn-realvideo 25.1MB)
Rally at San Quentin, Feb 9, 2004...
Posted: Tue, Feb 10, 2004 9:45am PST
Appeals Court Blocks Execution of Kevin Cooper
A federal appeals court in California blocked the execution of Kevin Cooper Monday just before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection in San Quentin Prison. The state of California then asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the execution but the high court turned down the state's appeal....
Posted: Tue, Feb 10, 2004 7:43am PST
Pictures From Rally For Kevin Cooper At San Quentin
Thousands gathered outside the gates of San Quentin prison Monday night to protest the execution of Kevin Cooper....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 11:55pm PST
Supreme Court Rejects Lockyer's Appeal; Cooper & Workingclass Prevail
At 8:19 p.m., the US Supreme Court rejected the fascist appeal of that good Democrat, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, of the 9th Circuit Stay of Execution of Kevin Cooper, thus guaranteeing that Kevin Cooper lives to see another day and signaling to the world that the workingclass prevails in this fight against the anti-labor weapon of terror of the capitalist class, the death penalty....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 11:53pm PST
2/12: Same-Sex Couples to Ask SF County Clerk for Marriage Licenses
DATE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH -
RALLY San Francisco CITY HALL STEPS @ NOON...
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 11:06pm PST
Attorney General Bill Lockyer Is Trying To Get Kevin Killed Tonight!!
California's Attorney General Bill Lockyer, displeased by the temporary stay, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn it and allow the execution to proceed.
"The stay is contrary to this Court's pronouncements regarding the inappropriateness of granting equitable relief to condemned inmates in the eleventh hour," Lockyer wrote.
"The order of the Ninth Circuit constitutes an unwarranted intrusion on California's ability to carry out a lawful and final judgment tha...
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 4:28pm PST
Stay could be lifted at any moment in the next 38 hours
We need to let the governor and the courts know that thousands will be marching on San Quentin if they don't stop this legal lynching...
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 3:00pm PST
Appeals court grants stay to Kevin Cooper!!
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court granted a stay that may block the execution early Tuesday morning of condemned killer Kevin Cooper, who has won support from celebrities including Denzel Washington and the Rev. Jesse Jackson....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 10:18am PST
Riverside Protest Against Cooper Execution
In the heart of the conservative Inland Empire, hardy activists braved a cold, wet night to argue against the execution of Kevin Cooper. Speakers included local clergy, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and actors Mike Farrell and James Cromwell....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 7:07am PST
Protest against execution at Gov. Arno's house in Brentwood
Close to 100 people protested outside the gates to Arrrrrnold's gated part of town...
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 7:03am PST
9th Circuit Justice Browning Says Cooper Had Unfair Trial
Ninth Circuit Justice James Browning dissented from the majority opinion of the three-judge panel in the 9th Circuit's rejection of Cooper's latest, but not last, appeal to the 9th Circuit....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 12:35am PST
Your Action Needed Monday Re: Kevin Cooper
Rev. Jesse Jackson devoted his sermon at Allen Temple Baptist church in Oakland to the case of Kevin Cooper today. It was a deeply moving call for people to take action against the death penalty and to save the life of Kevin Cooper. Jackson announced the march and rally......
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 11:53pm PST
In 48 hours California will execute the wrong man!
We must stop this!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 10:31pm PST
Stop the legal lynching of Kevin Cooper
Hundreds protested at the California State Building in San Francisco on Feb. 3, at a media conference in conjunction with statewide actions in defense of Kevin Cooper. Cooper is scheduled to be executed by the state on Feb. 10, despite a mountain of evidence suggesting that he is not guilty of the murders he was convicted of....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 9:47pm PST
Three jurors in Kevin Cooper case urge postponement of execution
SAN DIEGO - Three jurors who convicted death row inmate Kevin Cooper of mass murder stood outside a courthouse and urged that his upcoming execution be postponed....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 3:43pm PST