Woman Who Was Once the Youngest Person on Death Row is Found Dead

[CBHagman]

12. The news coverage I've seen thus far is only general...

...and does not provide any sort of in-depth reporting on what happened. So I would withhold any conclusions about what happened to Ms. Cooper.

I do recall the case and the descriptions of the crime itself, and also remember an on-camera interview (by 60 Minutes, if I recall correctly) with Ms. Cooper, who was still a teen at the time and quite fearful of dying.

When I heard that she was reported as a suicide, my first reaction was "What a waste."

All that said, I think it's best not to draw any conclusions until we know for certain, and we may never know for certain.

Also, I think it's pretty disturbing to see people drawing downright global conclusions about life and policy from this one case. It was a heinous crime, no question about it, and all the more disturbing because young people committed it, and it's sad that this story ends the way it does.