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Today on Flashpoints:
Life in the Balance - The death row procedings against Kevin
Cooper: An excerpt from a new documentary being produced by
the Flashpoints Team; Also interviews with Reverend Jesse
Jackson and Kevin Cooper's defense attorney on the stay of
execution and his new day in court; also a new push to impeach
the unelected occupant of the Oval Office;
5:01 PM PST
Deathwatch - outside San Quentin State Prison on Monday night
while awaiting word of Kevin
Cooper's fate and the temporary stay issued bt the 9th
Circuit Court of Appeals earlier in the day (Producers Nora
Barrows-Friedman and Solange Echeverria). Read some of Kevins
writings.
Get more background at nodeathpenalty.org
5:05 PM PST
The Rev Jesse Jackson, interviewed by Dennis, describes how
he spent the torturous hours of preparation for death with
Kevin Cooper before the stay of execution was affirmed.
5:17 PM PST
Defense attorney Greg Evans discusses with Dennis the details
behind the Appeals Court's extraordinary action. Prosecutors
failed to meet their responsibilities and the Court believed
the outcome would have been different had they done so.
"This case centers on Cooper's claim that he is innocent.
No person should be executed if there is doubt about his or
her guilt and an easily available test will determine guilt
or innocence" - 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unsigned
majority opinion.
5:29 PM PST
A Cappella Musical Break
5:31 PM PST
Warrior-King: The Case for Impeaching George W Bush: Dennis
interviews John C. Bonifaz, a MacArthur Fellow and founder
of the National Voting Rights
Institute in Boston, and author of the new book Warrior-King
- The Case for Impeaching George W Bush from Nation Press.
John Bonifaz lays out the precise points of law and an undeniable
case of presidential misconduct and abuse of power and the
failure of Congress to fulfill its duties. Here's an excerpt:
"A King may lie and, using that lie, a king, on his
own, has the power to send his kingdom into war. A president
may also lie, but a president alone cannot use that lie to
start a war.... By allowing the president to make the determination
of whether or not to launch an invasion of Iraq.... Congress
unlawfully allowed the president to use whatever evidence--or
whatever lies--he chose as the basis for sending the nation
into war."
John C. Bonifaz - Warrior-King: The Case for Impeaching George
W Bush
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