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May 30, 2022 · In May 2022, Keith Cooper announced a record-breaking $7,500,000 settlement with the City of Elkhart, Indiana and former Elkhart, Indiana officers for Mr. Cooper’s wrongful incarceration in maximum security prison for more than seven years for crimes he didn’t commit. In 2017, Keith Cooper walked free after becoming the first person in ...
Sep 28, 2016 · After serving 10 years of a 40 year prison sentence for an Indiana armed robbery and attempted murder, Keith Cooper was freed when eyewitnesses recanted their testimony against him, new DNA evidence showed he wasn’t at the scene of the crime, and a jailhouse informant admitted that he lied to investigators.
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Feb 15, 2017 · Alamy. For years, Mike Pence refused to pardon an innocent man. But one month after he left office as Indiana’s governor, his successor Eric Holcomb moved to clear Keith Cooper’s name. Keith ...
- City Expresses 'Regret'
- 'This Whole Ride Is Finally Over'
- Records Show Long History of Misconduct
- 'A Better Tomorrow'
In a statement acknowledging Cooper's wrongful incarceration, the city of Elkhart said it has "set upon a path of accountability" to make sure such injustice will never happen again. "On behalf of the entire City of Elkhart to Mr. Cooper and his family, we regret the suffering you have experienced. We are hopeful that this settlement will bring Mr....
Cooper, who had no prior convictions, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a 1997 armed robbery. The case was built on unreliable and false evidence: eyewitness accounts that were later recanted and a jailhouse informant's testimony that was fabricated, according to court records. An Elkhart County judge offered Cooper a sentence modification de...
Cooper sued Ed Windbigler, the former Elkhart police chief, along with former Elkhart police officers Steve Rezutko, Steve Ambrose and Tom Cutler. Rezutko, the lead detective on the case, committed suicidein 2019, shortly after the city disclosed records showing the former detective resigned from the department following an internal investigation i...
Cooper, whose case gained widespread attention after IndyStar chronicled his story in 2015, has since become an advocate for people like him. His story fueled the creation of the University of Notre Dame's Exoneration Justice Clinic, a de facto law firm that opened last fall and works to reverse wrongful conviction cases. In 2019, Holcomb signed a ...
Feb 9, 2017 · The newly-elected Governor of Indiana Eric Holcomb has pardoned a wrongfully convicted man whose petition for exoneration was delayed for more than two years by his predecessor, Vice President Mike Pence. After serving 10 years of a 40-year prison sentence for armed robbery and attempted murder, Keith Cooper, 46, was freed when eyewitnesses ...
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Dec 3, 2021 · In 2019, Holcomb signed into law a bill that would award exonerees up to $50,000 a year for every year they were wrongfully convicted. Three exonerees have so far been approved to receive payment ...
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Feb 9, 2017 · Cooper unsuccessfully petitioned former Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, now vice president, to pardon him for a robbery that DNA evidence showed he did not commit. In 1997, a man attempted to snatch a woman’s purse in Elkhart, Indiana. Keith Cooper wasn’t far from the scene of the incident. The 29-year-old had just picked up some groceries for his ...
