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Governor (Terminator) denies clemency in death penalty case
Sac Bee ^ | 1/30/04 | AP

Posted on 01/30/2004 6:45:52 PM PST by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/12/2004 6:04:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denied clemency Friday to an escaped felon who went on a killing spree, stabbing and hacking four victims with a buck knife and hatchet.

Kevin Cooper, 46, was convicted in the 1983 murders of Douglas and Peggy Ryen, both 41, their 10-year-old daughter, Jessica, and her 11-year-old friend, Christopher Hughes. The Ryens' 8-year-old son, Joshua, survived a slit throat.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; clemency; deathpenalty; deniesclemency; governor; kevincooper; schwarzenegger
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1 posted on 01/30/2004 6:45:54 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: *calgov2002
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2 posted on 01/30/2004 6:47:38 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ...... /~normsrevenge - FoR California Propositions/Initiatives info...)
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To: NormsRevenge
Said Arnold: "You won't be back."
3 posted on 01/30/2004 6:47:57 PM PST by Enterprise ("You sit down. You had your say. Now I'm going to have my say.")
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To: NormsRevenge
His attorneys have also said that Cooper may suffer from mental deficiency from an auto accident that happened while he was a young man.

Poor boy, probably an SUV to boot....

4 posted on 01/30/2004 6:50:04 PM PST by bwteim
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To: NormsRevenge
"There is no bringing back the dead," Amidon said.

The Ryen and Hughes families know that all too well.
5 posted on 01/30/2004 6:50:13 PM PST by visualops (Liberty is both the plan of Heaven for humanity, and the best hope for progress here on Earth-G.W.B.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Hasta la vista, bay - bee!
6 posted on 01/30/2004 6:50:34 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: NormsRevenge
Twenty-one years this murderer's case has dragged on. That is truly outrageous.
7 posted on 01/30/2004 6:51:37 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: NormsRevenge
Now the loonies will come out of the wall.
8 posted on 01/30/2004 6:52:27 PM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS (Further, the statement assumed)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Savage will be having a tailgate party at San Quentin when this DNA documented mass murderer gets that needle to eternity.
9 posted on 01/30/2004 6:56:39 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (Man rises to greatness if greatness is expected of him)
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To: Majuere
After all, how many times will you return to a store if they don't provide the service/product you want.

Soon, Kevin Cooper won't even think about returning to that store. I, for one, will sleep much better for it, knowing my family is a little safer with him dead.

BTW welcome to FR.

11 posted on 01/30/2004 7:24:29 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (ALL the Democratic contenders are Winners! They should run on a joint ticket!)
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To: NormsRevenge
Hmm..... I think it would be best to leave the "Terminator" term out of this thread, because it just plays in to the liberal base. Plus who cares what Arnold's previous occupation was? You are invalidating his entire decision.
12 posted on 01/30/2004 7:31:36 PM PST by Brainhose (THINK OF THE KITTENS!)
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Wow, Kalifornia is actually going to execute someone? Maybe if they'd hurry up and clean out the largest death row in the country it would help the old bottom line just a bit.
13 posted on 01/30/2004 7:33:20 PM PST by COEXERJ145
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To: Brainhose
best to leave the "Terminator" term out of this thread, because it just plays in to the liberal base

Hmmm... No, it stays. But thanks for the input. (Some might say he is still an actor as he works in controlled settings and has absolute control over the script rewrites.)

14 posted on 01/30/2004 7:39:12 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ...... /~normsrevenge - FoR California Propositions/Initiatives info...)
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To: NormsRevenge
Good for him. I like some of Arnold's insticts, and don't others. So much for the Kennedy clan dictates.
15 posted on 01/30/2004 7:44:39 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: Rummyfan
Amen! It's an insult to any "civilized" society that this pond scum lasted this long.
16 posted on 01/30/2004 7:45:57 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: DoughtyOne
In this instance, his reasoning and final decision are worthy of commendation.

This part of being Governor has to be a terribly trying one and certainly not one that would make one want to be a Governor.

But it goes with the job of being the head official of a state, in states that still have the death penalty, that is.
17 posted on 01/30/2004 7:53:53 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ...... /~normsrevenge - FoR California Propositions/Initiatives info...)
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To: NormsRevenge
John and Ken (KFI - Los Angeles) had the parent of one of the kids killed by this beast, on the other night. Make no mistake about it, I'd weight the issue and pass the same verdict as Arnold did without flinching. Thinking of reviewing documents with the intent of weighing a (sub)-human's life in the balance is indeed sobering. I agree with you.

If anyone deserves to go, this guy does. Fry him!!!
18 posted on 01/30/2004 7:58:31 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: NormsRevenge
I just stumbled across this case the other day. This is another Mumia Abu-Jamal. The conviction of this piece of garbage is ironclad, but the socialists want to discredit the judicial system by letting him go. If you have any voice at all, raise it in favor of gassing this trash.

Death to Kevin Cooper!!!

19 posted on 01/30/2004 8:20:06 PM PST by IronJack
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To: NormsRevenge
Here's his website:

http://www.savekevincooper.org/

It's dedicated to his writings, which mostly concern how unjust the death penalty is, how racist it is, etc., etc.. I didn't see one word of repentance for the horrible acts he committed (it might be there, but if so it's not apparent at all).

It seems to me that Arnie made the correct decision.
20 posted on 01/30/2004 8:23:12 PM PST by Paul_B
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