Report: California man’s guilt ‘conclusive’ in 1983 slayings

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An independent review into the conviction of death row inmate Kevin Cooper found that evidence of his guilt was “extensive and conclusive” in the 1983 stabbing deaths of four people, including two children, at a suburban Los Angeles home. Gov. Gavin Newsom had ordered the investigation in 2021 following years of Cooper’s pleas for clemency. The independent investigators’ report was released Friday. Cooper maintained he was framed by investigators whom, he alleged, planted his blood on a T-shirt. His attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.