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 ...

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+ ...

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 ...

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 ...

Family and friends of the victim and a case expert shared their perspectives after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals declared Kerry Max Cook innocent in the 1977 murder of Linda Jo Edwards. “Crimes ...

After a nearly five-decade battle to clear his name, Kerry Max Cook is now seeking accountability for the misconduct that led to his wrongful conviction in the 1977 Tyler murder of 21-year-old Linda ...

2012 marks the 10th anniversary of Culture Project’s premiere of The Exonerated, a "ground breaking dramatization of the real-life stories of six individuals who were sentenced to death and later ...

He didn’t know Tuesday night would be the last night the state of Texas would officially deny his innocence. For Kerry Max Cook, it was another anxious Tuesday night waiting for Wednesday morning ...

"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 ...