" Can you make it make sense" When Is Enough Enough?
" Can you make it make sense" When Is Enough Enough?
The Issue
Petition for Advocacy to Free Lori Cooper
At What Point Does Breaking the Law to Enforce the Law Become An Injustice?
How is it that adults can go free and juveniles pay the ultimate price getting a 60 year sentence? Adults can do wrong and say it was a mistake and get a slap on the hand, but juveniles whose minds are not fully developed pay the ultimate price of being tried as an adult.
LORI SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED AS AN ADULT Written by her Attorney:
" Lori was certified for prosecution as an adult in violation of the Texas standards for such certification. See, Moon v. State, 451 S.W.3d 28 (Court of Criminal Appeals, 2014), describing the statutory requirements in detail, reversing the conviction of a sixteen year old for murder, and affirming the holding of the Court of Appeals that the juvenile court its discretion when it transferred the juvenile be prosecuted as an adult for the single reason that the alleged offense was a serious offense.
As the Court noted in Moon:
The transfer of a juvenile offender from juvenile court to criminal court
for prosecution as an adult should be regarded as the exception, not the
rule; the operative principle is that, whenever feasible, children and
adolescents below a certain age should be “protected and rehabilitated
rather than subjected to the harshness of the criminal system[.]” Because
the waiver of juvenile-court jurisdiction means the loss of that protected
status, in Kent v. United States [383 U.S. 541 (1966)], the United States
Supreme Court characterized the statutory transfer proceedings in the
District of Columbia as “critically important,” and held that any statutory
mechanism for waiving juvenile court jurisdiction must at least “measure
up to the essentials of due process and fair treatment.”
451 S.W. 3d at 36 (emphasis added).
The transcripts of Lori Cooper’s Certification Hearing contained no effort to satisfy the requirements of the TEX. FAM. CODE § 54.02 for certification of a juvenile for prosecution as an adult, lacking any evidence of “the sophistication.”
I have concluded that the fight to seek her freedom from the injustice is no longer the battle as 19 years have passed and the things she has experience are unthinkable.
Even with all the injustice, it is now more important to use we have learned to make the very best efforts for rehabilitation during these 19 years. She taken every opportunity presented to her and as accomplished the completions of 20 Certificates and 3 apprenticeships to prepare for readmission into the world while fighting cancer.
So while we know the injustice remains, I am asking for support of her freedom for a crime she that occurred when she was 16 years old and what we believed was a wrongful convicted of the murder of her father. I am truly committed to fight for her innocence to this day. But with a different approach to understanding. We have submitted to The Texas Supreme Court various filings seeking Prosecutor Misconduct for Mike Trent breaking the law to impose the law of which were denied. We have not freed her yet. Lori was in her room at the time of the death of her father. Mike Trent was the prosecuting DA for the co-defendant and 2 years later sought to prosecute Lori.
The story begins with Mike Trent being able to seek a conviction against Lori even after the Co-defendant said five times on the witness stand that Lori had not asked him to kill her dad. At this point, Mr. Trent requested that the Presiding Judge grant him a break. When he returned from the break, he asked the co-defendant again if Lori had anything to do with his actions and then the co-defendant said yes. The Co-defendant has since recanted his story, but we have not been able to exonerate Lori. More so, to my knowledge, the other participating party at the scene was never charged or prosecuted to this date.
Mike Trent was practicing under Chuck Rosenthal both of whom resigned after an investigation for securing excessive time for young minorities and Prosecutorial Misconduct. Emails were pulled and given to the press for release in regards to their behavior for winning at all cost. (see links below)
Mike Trent waited until Lori turned 18 to have her charged and then rapidly moved her through the juvenile system to be certified as an adult for a crime that occurred when she was 16.There were many filings on her behalf, and we believe in her innocence, but most especially we believe that Mike Trent did not follow the law, and it has been documented that he used any means necessary to secure a career win. With all the publicity being granted toward teenagers, I am asking that you please pull her case and review it for merits of fighting a conviction that should never have occurred, yet appeals have been denied. She has served 15 years, and we are still fighting. It is horrific what young girls have to endure in prison and unthinkable when they are convicted when they are innocent.
The biggest problem that needs to be reviewed is the documented facts founded by the attorney that this DA broke the law to enforce the laws. How can he be allowed to be a criminal and not be held accountable? I am sure my child is not the only individual he had the privilege of using any means necessary to seek a conviction because he could. It appears he believed he was not governed by the law to prosecute the laws in which he took an oath to protect, not break.
When is enough enough:
There appears to be limited justice for the innocent convicted of crimes they did not commit. I now see the success of strong advocacy groups willing to seek justice ensuring that attorneys practice the law the way it was intended bringing forth justice to right so many wrongs.
Her young adult life has been taken from her as so many others have for a justice system that did not work. I know that if just one person took the time to review Lori's case with the new found documented prosecutor misconduct they would find a reason to right this wrong.
It is no longer just about her innocence, but the mere performance and power granted to a prosecuting district attorney to believe he is above the law, and he can break the law at will to enforce the law. This alone should grant her freedom……. When is enough? Enough
I am asking that you sign the petition to help me seek the signatures needed to have The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole reconsider the time sentenced and allow the rehabilitation be used for lesser sentence as time served. We need the support of Governor Greg Abbott because he was aware of investigation of the conduct of the Houston District Attorney’s Office as noted below during his term as Attorney General. (see link below). We need his support.
The documentation found of illegal steps (woodshedding) taken by the Prosecuting District Attorney Mike Trent to convict Lori can all be found in her Clemency Package previously filed.
Please help me, as I lost my only child to Texas Department of Criminal Justice and now I am losing her to cancer. Let us use what the Department has offered her as a form of true rehabilitation and growth to achieve a chance in the free world before I lose her again.
“Justice too long delayed is Justice Denied”, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
https://www.johntfloyd.com/more-prosecutorial-misconduct-harris-county/
https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/02/newsweek-alleges-racial-slurs-used-in.html?m=1
htts://www.newsweek.com/houston-da-controversy-94067
http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/010947.html
http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/010956.html (Greg Abbott)
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The Issue
Petition for Advocacy to Free Lori Cooper
At What Point Does Breaking the Law to Enforce the Law Become An Injustice?
How is it that adults can go free and juveniles pay the ultimate price getting a 60 year sentence? Adults can do wrong and say it was a mistake and get a slap on the hand, but juveniles whose minds are not fully developed pay the ultimate price of being tried as an adult.
LORI SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED AS AN ADULT Written by her Attorney:
" Lori was certified for prosecution as an adult in violation of the Texas standards for such certification. See, Moon v. State, 451 S.W.3d 28 (Court of Criminal Appeals, 2014), describing the statutory requirements in detail, reversing the conviction of a sixteen year old for murder, and affirming the holding of the Court of Appeals that the juvenile court its discretion when it transferred the juvenile be prosecuted as an adult for the single reason that the alleged offense was a serious offense.
As the Court noted in Moon:
The transfer of a juvenile offender from juvenile court to criminal court
for prosecution as an adult should be regarded as the exception, not the
rule; the operative principle is that, whenever feasible, children and
adolescents below a certain age should be “protected and rehabilitated
rather than subjected to the harshness of the criminal system[.]” Because
the waiver of juvenile-court jurisdiction means the loss of that protected
status, in Kent v. United States [383 U.S. 541 (1966)], the United States
Supreme Court characterized the statutory transfer proceedings in the
District of Columbia as “critically important,” and held that any statutory
mechanism for waiving juvenile court jurisdiction must at least “measure
up to the essentials of due process and fair treatment.”
451 S.W. 3d at 36 (emphasis added).
The transcripts of Lori Cooper’s Certification Hearing contained no effort to satisfy the requirements of the TEX. FAM. CODE § 54.02 for certification of a juvenile for prosecution as an adult, lacking any evidence of “the sophistication.”
I have concluded that the fight to seek her freedom from the injustice is no longer the battle as 19 years have passed and the things she has experience are unthinkable.
Even with all the injustice, it is now more important to use we have learned to make the very best efforts for rehabilitation during these 19 years. She taken every opportunity presented to her and as accomplished the completions of 20 Certificates and 3 apprenticeships to prepare for readmission into the world while fighting cancer.
So while we know the injustice remains, I am asking for support of her freedom for a crime she that occurred when she was 16 years old and what we believed was a wrongful convicted of the murder of her father. I am truly committed to fight for her innocence to this day. But with a different approach to understanding. We have submitted to The Texas Supreme Court various filings seeking Prosecutor Misconduct for Mike Trent breaking the law to impose the law of which were denied. We have not freed her yet. Lori was in her room at the time of the death of her father. Mike Trent was the prosecuting DA for the co-defendant and 2 years later sought to prosecute Lori.
The story begins with Mike Trent being able to seek a conviction against Lori even after the Co-defendant said five times on the witness stand that Lori had not asked him to kill her dad. At this point, Mr. Trent requested that the Presiding Judge grant him a break. When he returned from the break, he asked the co-defendant again if Lori had anything to do with his actions and then the co-defendant said yes. The Co-defendant has since recanted his story, but we have not been able to exonerate Lori. More so, to my knowledge, the other participating party at the scene was never charged or prosecuted to this date.
Mike Trent was practicing under Chuck Rosenthal both of whom resigned after an investigation for securing excessive time for young minorities and Prosecutorial Misconduct. Emails were pulled and given to the press for release in regards to their behavior for winning at all cost. (see links below)
Mike Trent waited until Lori turned 18 to have her charged and then rapidly moved her through the juvenile system to be certified as an adult for a crime that occurred when she was 16.There were many filings on her behalf, and we believe in her innocence, but most especially we believe that Mike Trent did not follow the law, and it has been documented that he used any means necessary to secure a career win. With all the publicity being granted toward teenagers, I am asking that you please pull her case and review it for merits of fighting a conviction that should never have occurred, yet appeals have been denied. She has served 15 years, and we are still fighting. It is horrific what young girls have to endure in prison and unthinkable when they are convicted when they are innocent.
The biggest problem that needs to be reviewed is the documented facts founded by the attorney that this DA broke the law to enforce the laws. How can he be allowed to be a criminal and not be held accountable? I am sure my child is not the only individual he had the privilege of using any means necessary to seek a conviction because he could. It appears he believed he was not governed by the law to prosecute the laws in which he took an oath to protect, not break.
When is enough enough:
There appears to be limited justice for the innocent convicted of crimes they did not commit. I now see the success of strong advocacy groups willing to seek justice ensuring that attorneys practice the law the way it was intended bringing forth justice to right so many wrongs.
Her young adult life has been taken from her as so many others have for a justice system that did not work. I know that if just one person took the time to review Lori's case with the new found documented prosecutor misconduct they would find a reason to right this wrong.
It is no longer just about her innocence, but the mere performance and power granted to a prosecuting district attorney to believe he is above the law, and he can break the law at will to enforce the law. This alone should grant her freedom……. When is enough? Enough
I am asking that you sign the petition to help me seek the signatures needed to have The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole reconsider the time sentenced and allow the rehabilitation be used for lesser sentence as time served. We need the support of Governor Greg Abbott because he was aware of investigation of the conduct of the Houston District Attorney’s Office as noted below during his term as Attorney General. (see link below). We need his support.
The documentation found of illegal steps (woodshedding) taken by the Prosecuting District Attorney Mike Trent to convict Lori can all be found in her Clemency Package previously filed.
Please help me, as I lost my only child to Texas Department of Criminal Justice and now I am losing her to cancer. Let us use what the Department has offered her as a form of true rehabilitation and growth to achieve a chance in the free world before I lose her again.
“Justice too long delayed is Justice Denied”, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
https://www.johntfloyd.com/more-prosecutorial-misconduct-harris-county/
https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/02/newsweek-alleges-racial-slurs-used-in.html?m=1
htts://www.newsweek.com/houston-da-controversy-94067
http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/010947.html
http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/010956.html (Greg Abbott)
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The Decision Makers
Petition created on March 1, 2021