have you? [ laughter ] he was on probation for a burglary conviction when he tested positive for drugs in the second jail. he was admitted to the drug rehab center but has been through numerous other programs since age 14. this is my first time in jail, and it sucks. it really sucks. i don t want to come back to jail again. the way i was doing drugs, if i go back out, the next time i stick a needle in my arm, i m going to die. my mother s afraid she s going to bury me. i know that for a fact. and my dad just my dad s almost given up on me. that s why i m really i m just sick and tired of being sick and tired. he has a lot of problems. i tell him that. he knows that. he s been through a lot. 21 years old. i haven t been through any of that. i wish him the best. i wish everybody the best in here. but we ll see. you never know. thomas costa is also an
i lived on the mean streets of pittsburgh when i was growing up. i became a car thief. i landed in the california institution for men in 1983 because of a burglary conviction in los angeles. i was there a couple months. i was out walking around, and there was a hole in the fence, and i just ran. mr. cooper started wandering through farms and pastures, areas that were off of the roadways. and ultimately found his way to the lease house. when i got to the lease house, i called a couple ex-girlfriends, asked them to send me money. i watched tv, ate, tried to figure out what s next. but i did not murder those people. cooper said he d already set out hitchhiking to mexico by the time the murders took place. he went into hiding when he
attention of the high-powered law firm orrick, herrington & sutclifse. they fought death penalty cases on a pro bono basis. one thing i ve learned in now 25 years of representing people on death row, you re going to be fighting an uphill battle and you have a client whose life is in the balance is a very heavy burden. what hile could not dispute was cooper s criminal history, his escape from prison and his proximity to the murders. i lived on the main streets of pittsburgh when i was growing up. i became a car thief. i landed in the california institution for men in 1983 because of a burglary conviction in los angeles. i was there a couple months. i was out of walking around, there was a hole in a fence and i just ran. mr. cooper walked through farms, pastures, off the roadways and ultimately found his way to the lease house. when i got to the lease
pittsburgh when i was growing up. i became a car thief. i landed in the california institution for men in 1983 because of a burglary conviction in los angeles. i was there a couple months. i was out walking around, and there was a hole in the fence, and i just ran. mr. cooper started wandering through farms and pastures, areas that were off of the roadways. and ultimately found his way to the lease house. when i got to the lease house, i called a couple ex-girlfriends, asked them to send me money. tried to figure out what s next. but i did not murder those people. cooper said he d already set out hitchhiking to mexico by the time the murders took place. he went into hiding when he became the most wanted man in california. norm hiel hired former fbi agent tom parker to look into cooper s
his escape from prison and his proximity to the murders. i was on the mean streets of pittsburgh when i was growing up. i became a car thief. i landed in the california institution for men in 1983 because of a burglary conviction in los angeles. i was there a couple months. i was out walking around, and there was a hole in the fence, and i just ran. mr. cooper started wandering through farms and pastures, areas that were off of the roadways. and ultimately found his way to the lease house. when i got to the lease house, i called a couple ex-girlfriends, asked them to send me money. tried to figure out what s next. but i did not murder those people. cooper said he d already set