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Ruth Pelke was a 78-year-old American living in Gary, Indiana, who was stabbed to death by Paula R. Cooper [1] (August 25, 1969 – May 26, 2015), then aged 15, on May 14, 1985. Cooper stabbed Pelke 33 times with a butcher knife before stealing ten dollars and her car. A year later, Cooper was sentenced to death on July 11, 1986.
The most famous of them was Paula Cooper (#864800), [12] a 15-year-old juvenile sentenced to death on July 11, 1986, for her role in the grisly murder of an elderly neighbor. [6] While her death sentence was commuted in 1989, Cooper's sentence caused international uproar because of her youth, and even Pope John Paul II intervened on her behalf. [6]
The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments on this case and on July 13, 1989 overturned the death sentence, giving Cooper a new sentence of 60 years, the maximum allowable prison term. [6] She was later transferred to the Rockville Correctional Facility. Paula Cooper was released from Rockville Correctional Facility on June 17, 2013.
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On Friday, the investigators released a report saying the evidence of Cooper's guilt was conclusive Independent investigators reject innocence claim from death row inmate Kevin Cooper Skip to main ...
Paula Cooper may refer to: Paula Cooper (art dealer), founder of a New York art gallery; Paula Cooper, the murderer of Ruth Pelke This page was last edited on 29 ...
Kevin Cooper was convicted in 1985 of killing 4 people but claims he was framed, and there are many questions about the evidence in the case. California appointed an independent law firm to ...
The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2] Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions , the information may become outdated.