Local folk artist Bertha Cooper Harris, like many African Africans, knows the struggles against the gripping cycle of generational poverty.
Cooper Harris, 81, grew up in Cooper Hill, a community named for her grandfather who once owned more than 250 acres of land there.
“My grandfather Riley Cooper, built and owned a house, but my father did not own a house, she said. He lived in his father s house, which was my grandfather s, house.”
Cooper Harris’ father and grandfather were farmers who planted corn and cotton. With the death of her father when Cooper Harris was still a child, her mother remarried and left grandfather Cooper’s home.
MARIETTA â Justin Ross Harris, the Cobb County man who four years ago was convicted of murdering his 20-month-old son, began his appeal for a new trial Monday morning.
Represented by Marietta attorney Mitch Durham, the defense argued that a number of errors in the original trial deeply compromised Harrisâs ability to receive fair treatment in court.
Harris attended the hearing through a video stream from Macon State Prison. Clad in a white jumpsuit, he occasionally took notes throughout the day, but was otherwise silent. Both Durham and the prosecutor, Linda Dunikoski, senior assistant district attorney for Cobb County, also joined the hearing via Zoom.
Ross Harris, Georgia father found guilty in 2014 hot car death, back in court hoping for new trial
Justin Ross Harris, 40, was found guilty for murdering his 22-month-old son, Cooper, after leaving him in a hot car for about seven hours in 2014. Author: Melissa Guz Updated: 1:41 PM EST December 14, 2020
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One of the most notorious court cases in Cobb County, Ga. is back in the spotlight Monday as lawyers for Justin Ross Harris argue for a new trial.
Harris, 40, was found guilty in 2016 of murdering his 22-month-old son, Cooper, by leaving him in a hot car on June 18, 2014.
On Monday, one of the most notorious murder cases in recent Cobb history will be back in the spotlight as Justin Ross Harris begins his quest for a new trial.
Over four years ago, Harris was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of his 22-month-old son, Cooper Harris. Cooper died after being left in the back seat of his fatherâs car for over seven hours, while his father worked at a Home Depot office on Cumberland Parkway.
Now, Harris and his attorneys will appear at a three-day hearing for a new trial starting Monday. Itâs set to be heard in Cobb Superior Court by Judge Mary Staley Clark, who presided over the initial trial.