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KEVIN COOPER'S WRITINGS FROM DEATH ROW

Kevin Cooper has written many essays while on death row. These deal with not only his case and personal experiences, but also the larger issues related to the death penalty. Moving and inspiring, these pieces take you into Kevin's world and will help you understand where he's coming from.

HIS LATEST PIECES:

• The Law - January 2009 (revised February 2010)
• Anniversary – 50 Years Since the Start of the Civil Rights Movement - February 2010
• WANTED - The Blood of Kevin Cooper - February 2010
• I'm a Slave - December 2009
• The Real Reason - December 2009
• Liars and Hypocrites - December 2009
• A Federal Circuit Court Judge Said It - December 2009
• What the United State Supreme Court Really Meant - December 2009

EARLIER PIECES:

• Somewhere I Read - June 2009
• The Difference - June 2009
• It's Just Wrong - June 2009
• What the Jury Never Knew - February 2008
• The Unmentionables - January 2008
• Ignoring the truth won’t make it go away! - January 2008
• The District Attorney - August 2007
• Name Obsession - August 2007
• A Forgiving People - August 2007
• America's Love Affair with the Death Penalty - August 2007
• The One Place - August 2007
• Free, as in Freedom - August 2007
• Special People - May 2007
• Hand in Hand - May 2007
• Lies Lies Lies
• For Stanley Tookie Williams
• The Skin I'm In - Oct 2006
• Perverse and Cruel - Oct 2006
• DNA and EDTA testing in 2004 - Oct 2006
• Paula's Plea - Oct 2006
• Rich White Man's Justice, Poor Black Man's Grief… - May 2006
• Why is it? - May 2006
• Letter to Bob Elegko - February 2006
• Pain and Suffering - January 2006
• What are they Scared of? - January 2006
• Insults - December 2005
• Paid in Full - December 2005
• Clemency is a Joke - December 2005
• What They Didn't Tell You - August 2005
• What Did He Say? - June 2005
• Denied!!!- June 2005
• State Arrogance- January 2005
• Silence is Betrayal- November 2004
• Jesus Christ vs. the Death Penalty - November 2004
• Wrong Priorities - November 2004
• Do Ask, Do Tell - August 2004
• Rewrite - August 2004
• Inhumanity is not Divine - August 2004
• Class Struggle - August 2004
• Above the Law - July 2004
• Keeping One's Word - July 2004
• Trophy Photographs - May 2004
• You Can Continue to Ignore the Truth if You Want - May 2004
• Hate Mail Justice -April 2004
• Good vs. Evil - April 2004
• Suffering in Silence - March 2004
• Deadly Disease - March 2004
• Read Kevin's account of February 9 - 'Ritual of Death.' (web page)
• This is Not My Execution (web page)
• This is Not My Execution (Word Document)
• My Decision
• Reality Check
• Scapegoat
• The Power of Self
• Man-Made Stress (Word Document)
• Worth More Dead than Alive (Word Document)
• Innocence Makes No Difference (Word Document)
• Exactly What People is he Talking About? (Word Document)
• A People in Denial.doc (Word Document)
• Man-Made Death.doc (Word Document)
• War.doc (Word Document)
• Hate Crimes (jpg image)
• I Now Acknowledge (jpg image)
• Redemption Forgiveness (jpg image)
• Who Really Cares (jpg image)
• It Doesnt Matter (jpg image)
• Compassionate Conservative (web page)
• My Struggle (web page)
• In Whose Name? Justice! (web page)
• A Plea to the Black Community -1998 (web page)
• A Brief History on the Penalty of Death in America! -1999 (web page)