TYLER, Texas — Kerry Max Cook, who was recently found innocent in connection with a 1977 Tyler murder, filed a new lawsuit against Smith County and the city of Tyler for hardship he endured after ...

EAST TEXAS – Kerry Max Cook is innocent of the 1977 murder of Linda Jo Edwards, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals found, citing stunning allegations of prosecutorial misconduct that led to Cook ...

Kerry Max Cook, a former Texas death row inmate who was released in 1999, resumed his quest to be declared innocent when he filed motions in Smith County District Court at the end of February. Tuesday ...

DALLAS -- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Kerry Max Cook is innocent of the 1977 murder of Linda Jo Edwards, concluding one of the most notable murder cases in the last half-century. Cook, ...

Kerry Max Cook looks over to family members in the courtroom during his hearing requesting a determination of actual innocence July 1, 2016 in the Smith County Courthouse 114th District Court. (Tyler ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a landmark decision, Kerry Max Cook has been officially declared innocent by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. This declaration marks the end of a harrowing 46-year+ ...

"Texas court finds Kerry Max Cook innocent of 1977 murder, ending decades-long quest for exoneration" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs ...

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