Dec. 25 (UPI) -- California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday ordered new DNA tests on four items that could exonerate a condemned inmate in a 35-year-old murder case.
Specifically, Brown called for new tests on a tan t-shirt, orange towel found near the murder scene and the hatchet handle and sheath. Kevin Cooper, the death row inmate, and his attorneys say the testing those items will prove he was framed for 1983 Chino Hills hatchet and knife murders that killed four people.