Her history with the Kevin Cooper case and marijuana sentencing is being brought to light.
Conservatives opposed to Kamala Harris are focusing on her role as a former prosecutor and California Attorney General, especially the case of a man on death row for murdering four people and her stance on marijuana.
Harris denies any wrongdoing in the case of Kevin Cooper, a Black man convicted in California of murdering four white people in 1983 and sentenced to death. He has maintained his innocence but lost at least a dozen appeals. He remains on death row in San Quentin State Prison.
Now that Harris has entered the presidential race as the presumptive replacement for President Joe Biden, pro-Trump commentators are highlighting her role in the Cooper case.Kamala Harris and Kevin Cooper Case
Trump supporter, Jacob Faber, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday that the Cooper case should dissuade people from voting for Harris.
„To all Kamala Harris supporters, just look up Kevin Cooper. Respond with what you please. But I bet you don’t look it up first. Because if you do, it must affect your words of anger to people that think little of her“, he wrote.
Attorney Bill Shipley, who was a federal prosecutor and now represents January 6 suspects in court, wrote on X that the Cooper case should be highlighted.
„I think a lawsplainer is in order about Harris‘ efforts as AG to prevent an appeals court from considering DNA evidence that would have exonerated a man on death row.“
„Her office litigated aggressively against allowing that evidence to be considered in federal litigation to say his execution date. The details are fuzzy but I’m going to refresh my recollection and bring everyone the story“, he wrote.
