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In reply to the discussion: NYT Opinion: Kamala Harris Was Not a 'Progressive Prosecutor' [View all]bigtree
(85,977 posts)73. "two previous DNA tests concluded Cooper was the killer"
...even Jerry Brown neglected to pursue the NEW DNA testing methods.
This was well before Nicholas Kristoff's interactive multimedia opinion feature that 'starkly laid out evidence that Cooper may have been framed for the crime'...
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff, to his credit, has written about the case extensively. In May of last year, he wrote an interactive multimedia opinion feature that starkly laid out evidence that Cooper may have been framed for the crime. When the column was published online, Kristoff wrote that he got a call from California Sen. Kamala Harris, who for years served as the state attorney general, and whom he said had previously showed no interest in the case.
I feel awful about this, Harris told Kristoff, referring to her refusal, during her entire time as the states top law enforcement officer, to allow advanced DNA testing of the evidence in Coopers case. Following the column, Harris put out a statement linking to the piece in support of further DNA testing:"My career as a prosecutor was marked by fierce opposition to the death penalty while still upholding the law and a commitment to fixing a broken criminal justice system. Ive long been an advocate for measures to improve and make our system more fair and just.
As a firm believer in DNA testing, I hope the governor and the state will allow for such testing in the case of Kevin Cooper"
https://splinternews.com/why-oppose-a-dna-test-that-could-free-an-innocent-man-1832816713
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I read this when it first came out, and it's not really a smear job, but leaves out...
TreasonousBastard
Jul 2019
#1
How do you fully trust someone who "let it play out" by fighting to keep innocent people in prison?
Jake Stern
Jul 2019
#3
I'm not gonna go that far, but, it doesn't matter...Kamala's not going to be the Democratic nominee.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jul 2019
#23
Yes, Kamala is probably also out for VP consideration. Not sure though Joe
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jul 2019
#41
Sorry, but some very serious concerns here and this article not the first or last to raise them.NT
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#72
When she was a prosecutor, she wasn't progressive by DU STANDARDS, but I can believe
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#10
She had a scheme to criminally prosecute parents of chronically absent elementary school students.
ucrdem
Jul 2019
#14
She didn't have a "scheme" to criminally prosecute these parents. She successfully
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#24
I don't think ANY prosecutor could be progressive by DU standards, by definitions
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#22
I agree, StarfishSaver. I also think that having been a prosecutor is a part of her resume
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#25
She IS a progressive. But she's not 100% pure progressive, and that's what most of DU expects.
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#29
She is the #3 most progressive Senator in the Senate, and she was as progressive
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#38
Biden wrote regressive regulations into the crime bill which tied prosecutors' hands
bigtree
Jul 2019
#42
article says, her deputies knew and she went to court to keep the convictions in tact
questionseverything
Jul 2019
#94
illegal prosecutions are not what normal prosecutors do..at least i hope not
questionseverything
Jul 2019
#57
Okay, thanks for this. Now I have to decide whether she can run an entire country.
YOHABLO
Jul 2019
#9
Aloha, Cha and Mahalo for pointing this important fact out. Booker and Harris have "brought it
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#74
It's an opinion piece published 7 months ago. The information at the sources the op-ed writer cites
lapucelle
Jul 2019
#33
The program is 54 minutes long. Did you read the news stories that she linked to? N/T
lapucelle
Jul 2019
#60
California's governor should allow more sensitive DNA testing, Kamala Harris said
bigtree
Jul 2019
#70
She admits in her own letter she refused to allow advanced DNA testing "her entire time"
ucrdem
Jul 2019
#78
Kevin Cooper is not a good example to push for DNA testing. I will allow that if she was thoroughly
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#82