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Kevin Cooper

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Murderer

The Resume

    (January 8, 1958- )
    Convicted in 1985 of the 1983 murder of Douglas and Peggy Ryen, their daughter Jessica (age 10), and Christopher Hughes (age 11)
    Sentenced to death
    Granted a stay of execution hours before his scheduled execution (February 10, 2004)

Why he might be annoying:

    He used a hatchet, a knife, and an ice pick to hack 4 people to death, including two young children.
    He slashed the throat of 8-year-old Joshua Ryen, leaving him for dead.
    Joshua was left clutching his slashed throat for hours while lying next to his dead family until Christopher Hughes's father found them the next morning.
    Days before the murder, he had just escaped from a minimum security prison and was hiding out in a house near the Ryen's residence.
    He left the bloody print of a shoe that was manufactured exclusively for inmates of the prison he escaped from.
    Prison issued cigarette butts were found in the Ryen's abandoned car.
    His appeals have delayed his execution for almost 20 years, causing great suffering to the families of the victims.
    Anti death penalty activists are trying to claim he might be innocent, even though there is overwhelming evidence of his guilt.
    He requested DNA testing on blood spots found near the crime scene, and they came back a perfect match to him.
    Some evidence offered by his proponents are strands of blonde hairs in Jessica Ryen's hand (they were not in her hand, they simply stuck to the blood on her hand when she fell dead).
    Stories of other possible suspects (investigated and dismissed before trial): 3 weapons could not be used by one man (of course they could); one man could not possibly kill 4 people (the family was killed at night, and the father was killed first).
    His case has attracted nauseating activists such as Jesse Jackson, Mike Farrell and James Cromwell.
    One of his lawyers was interviewed on a radio show in Los Angeles, and chose to admonish the hosts for their etiquette rather than address the evidence against his client.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His failure to kill Joshua Ryen led to his conviction.
    His 20 years of appeals has exposed California’s inability to carry out death sentences.

Credit: AMH


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 315 Votes: 55.87% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 43 Votes: 53.49% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 26 Votes: 80.77% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 272 Votes: 84.56% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 87 Votes: 67.82% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 105 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 192 Votes: 77.60% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 122 Votes: 77.87% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 224 Votes: 76.34% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 395 Votes: 69.87% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 991 Votes: 69.83% Annoying