after more than 20 years on death row and numerous failed appeals, the court now set kevin cooper's execution date for february 10th, 2004. by this time, news of the controversy surrounding kevin's case had become widespread. >> people started not only seeing the evidence and learning about the evidence but they decided they wanted to expose the truth. >> save kevin cooper! save kevin cooper! >> no fact will change kevin cooper's group years, they're being spoon fed this story that doesn't hold up. and the kevin cooper legal team knew how to play that. >> you had those opposed to the death penalty saying this execution should be stayed, he's an innocent man. >> he wants to bring closure to the victims' families. he doesn't want to bring them