CHINO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: San Bernardino County District Attorney Dennis Kottmeier, left and Sheriff Floyd Tidwell, present a description and photographs of their suspect in the Ryen family slayings, Kevin Cooper, at a press conference in the Chin LOS ANGELES - Gov.
Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered an independent investigation into the conviction of death row inmate Kevin Cooper, who says he was framed for the stabbing deaths of four people, including two children, at a suburban Los Angeles home in 1983.Cooper, 63, maintains he was framed and has been seeking gubernatorial clemency since 2016.In his executive order, Newsom said he "takes no position" on Cooper’s guilt or innocence or whether to grant him clemency.Newsom appointed a law.