Governor Dippity-Do pulled another fast one on a friday-before-the-holiday news dump.
Gavin Newsom has ordered a new investigation into the quadruple-murder conviction of Kevin Cooper, who has spent more than 35 years on death row.
Cooper is now 63-years-old and was convicted in 1983 of four murders and sentenced to death. He has maintained his innocence but lost multiple appeals against the conviction. He remains on death row in San Quentin State Prison.
Newsom,a Democrat who opposes the use of the death penalty, has appointed international law firm Morrison and Foerster to act as special counsel to California's Board of Parole Hearings and carry out the fresh investigation.