HOPES NEW DNA TESTS WILL PROVE HIS INNOCENCE.
HIS INNOCENCE. >> Reporter: KIM KARDASHIAN WEST
>> Reporter: KIM KARDASHIAN WEST VISITING SAN QUENTIN’S NOTORIOUS
VISITING SAN QUENTIN’S NOTORIOUS DEATH ROW, A PART OF THE PRISON
DEATH ROW, A PART OF THE PRISON THAT MOST VISITORS NEVER SEE.
THAT MOST VISITORS NEVER SEE. MEETING WITH KEVIN COOPER,
MEETING WITH KEVIN COOPER, CONVICTED IN 1983 OF BRUTALLY
CONVICTED IN 1983 OF BRUTALLY MURDERING FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING
MURDERING FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN.
TWO CHILDREN. KARDASHIAN TWEETING, I FOUND HIM
KARDASHIAN TWEETING, I FOUND HIM TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND HONEST AND
TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND HONEST AND I BELIEVE HE IS INNOCENT.
I BELIEVE HE IS INNOCENT. COOPER’S CASE HAS BEEN
COOPER’S CASE HAS BEEN CHAMPIONED OVER THE YEARS BY
CHAMPIONED OVER THE YEARS BY INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXPERTS,
CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXPERTS, INCLUDING FEDERAL JUDGE WILLIAM
INCLUDING FEDERAL JUDGE WILLIAM A. FLETCHER.
A. FLETCHER. >> HE IS ON DEATH ROW BECAUSE
>> HE IS ON DEATH ROW BECAUSE THE SAN BERNARDINO SHERIFF’S
THE SAN BERNARDINO SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT FRAMED HIM.
DEPARTMENT FRAMED HIM. >> Reporter: THE CASE
>> Reporter: THE CASE COMPLICATED DURING THE INITIAL
COMPLICATED DURING THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION, THE LONE
INVESTIGATION, THE LONE SURVIVOR, 8-YEAR-OLD JOSH RYAN,
SURVIVOR, 8-YEAR-OLD JOSH RYAN, TOLD POLICE THAT THREE WHITE OR
TOLD POLICE THAT THREE WHITE OR LATINO MEN MURDERED HIS PARENTS.
LATINO MEN MURDERED HIS PARENTS. TWO WITNESSES ALSO SAID THEY SAW
TWO WITNESSES ALSO SAID THEY SAW THREE WHITE MEN DRIVING A
THREE WHITE MEN DRIVING A STATION WAGON AWAY FROM THE HOME
STATION WAGON AWAY FROM THE HOME ON THE DAY OF THE MURDERS.
ON THE DAY OF THE MURDERS. BUT PROSECUTORS SAY TESTS PROVE
BUT PROSECUTORS SAY TESTS PROVE COOPER WAS IN THE VICTIMS’ HOUSE
COOPER WAS IN THE VICTIMS’ HOUSE AND IN THEIR STOLEN CAR AND
AND IN THEIR STOLEN CAR AND POINT TO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
POINT TO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. MARY ANN HUGHES 11-YEAR-OLD SON
MARY ANN HUGHES 11-YEAR-OLD SON CHRIS TOLD NBC NEWS SHE IS
CHRIS TOLD NBC NEWS SHE IS OFFENDED BY KARDASHIAN’S VISIT.
OFFENDED BY KARDASHIAN’S VISIT. QUOTE, SHE HAS BEEN DOING THIS
QUOTE, SHE HAS BEEN DOING THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BECAUSE HER CELEBRITY STATUS
BECAUSE HER CELEBRITY STATUS ALLOWS HER TO DO THIS.
ALLOWS HER TO DO THIS. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 36
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 36 YEARS.
YEARS. I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THIS.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THIS. HUGHES SAYS SHE IS 100%
HUGHES SAYS SHE IS 100% CONVINCED OF COOPER’S GUILT,
CONVINCED OF COOPER’S GUILT, ADDING THE FACT THAT SHE IS
ADDING THE FACT THAT SHE IS POSING UP IN SAN QUENTIN WITH
POSING UP IN SAN QUENTIN WITH HER ARMS AROUND HIM MAKES ME
HER ARMS AROUND HIM MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH.
SICK TO MY STOMACH. KARDASHIAN TWEETED ABOUT
KARDASHIAN TWEETED ABOUT COOPER’S CASE IN OCTOBER WRITING
COOPER’S CASE IN OCTOBER WRITING TO THEN-GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN,
TO THEN-GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN, QUOTE, PLEASE ADD KEVIN COOPER
QUOTE, PLEASE ADD KEVIN COOPER TO YOUR LEGACY OF SMART, FAIR,
TO YOUR LEGACY OF SMART, FAIR, AND THOUGHTFUL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
AND THOUGHTFUL CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS.
REFORMS. BROWN ORDERED LIMITED RESTESING-
BROWN ORDERED LIMITED RESTESING- OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IN THE CASE
OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IN THE CASE BUT STOPPED SHORT OF A NEW
BUT STOPPED SHORT OF A NEW INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. CALIFORNIA’S NEW GOVERNOR, GAVIN
CALIFORNIA’S NEW GOVERNOR, GAVIN NEWSOME, HAS ORDERED KAESHLADDIT
NEWSOME, HAS ORDERED KAESHLADDIT TESTING AND A MORATORIUM ON
TESTING AND A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS.
EXECUTIONS. SHE WRITES, DNA TESTING HAS BEEN
SHE WRITES, DNA TESTING HAS BEEN ORDERED ON KEVIN’S CASE AND I
ORDERED ON KEVIN’S CASE AND I REMAIN GRATEFUL FOR THE GOVERNOR
REMAIN GRATEFUL FOR THE GOVERNOR FOR ENDING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN
FOR ENDING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. KARDASHIAN MADE HEADLINES LAST
KARDASHIAN MADE HEADLINES LAST YEAR WHEN SHE HELPED CONVINCE
YEAR WHEN SHE HELPED CONVINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO COMMUTE THE
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO COMMUTE THE SENTENCE OF A WOMAN SERVING LIFE
SENTENCE OF A WOMAN SERVING LIFE FOR A NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENSE.
FOR A NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENSE. ALICE MARIE JOHNSON AND
ALICE MARIE JOHNSON AND KARDASHIAN SPOKE TO HODA ABOUT
KARDASHIAN SPOKE TO HODA ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE.
THE EXPERIENCE. >> I ENJOY THIS.
>> I ENJOY THIS. THIS HAS FULFILLED MY HEART.
THIS HAS FULFILLED MY HEART. >> Reporter: SINCE THEN
>> Reporter: SINCE THEN KARDASHIAN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH
KARDASHIAN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE BURIED ALIVE PROJECT HELPING
THE BURIED ALIVE PROJECT HELPING WIN THE RELEASE OF 17 PRISONERS
WIN THE RELEASE OF 17 PRISONERS IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. INCLUDING TORRANCE BIRD,
INCLUDING TORRANCE BIRD, CONVICTED OF DRUG CHARGES IN
CONVICTED OF DRUG CHARGES IN 1995.
1995. >> SHE DON’T KNOW NONE OF US,
>> SHE DON’T KNOW NONE OF US, BUT FOR HER TO TAKE THE TIME,
BUT FOR HER TO TAKE THE TIME, THAT SHOWS WHAT TYPE OF PERSON
THAT SHOWS WHAT TYPE OF PERSON SHE REALLY IS.
SHE REALLY IS. >> Reporter: AND BY STANDING
>> Reporter: AND BY STANDING WITH KEVIN COOPER, KARDASHIAN
WITH KEVIN COOPER, KARDASHIAN SHOWING SHE IS WILLING TO GET
SHOWING SHE IS WILLING TO GET INVOLVED WITH CONTROVERSIAL AND
INVOLVED WITH CONTROVERSIAL AND HIGHLY SENSITIVE LEGAL CASES.
HIGHLY SENSITIVE LEGAL CASES. NOW, GOVERNOR NEWSOM ORDERED
NOW, GOVERNOR NEWSOM ORDERED ADDITIONAL DNA TESTS IN
ADDITIONAL DNA TESTS IN FEBRUARY.
FEBRUARY. RESULTS ARE EXPECTED SOON.
RESULTS ARE EXPECTED SOON. MEANWHILE, KARDASHIAN IS PUSHING
MEANWHILE, KARDASHIAN IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST CRITICISM THAT SHE
BACK AGAINST CRITICISM THAT SHE STAGED PHOTOS OF HER ENTERING
STAGED PHOTOS OF HER ENTERING SAN QUENTIN.
SAN QUENTIN. THE STAR AND HER ATTORNEY SAYING
