BREAKING NEWS ON KERRY MAX COOK!
This where you'll find the latest updates from Kerry himself, as well as breaking news in his case. As soon as it's official, you'll see it here first!
THE BOOKS
John Grisham and Jim McCloskey's upcoming book, featuring Kerry's story along with the true stories of nine others who were wrongfully convicted. 'Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions' will be released on October 8, 2024, and is available for pre-order now through various retailers.
Meanwhile, you can read Kerry’s story in his own words. You can purchase a digital copy of Kerry’s book, ‘Chasing Justice: My Story of Freeing Myself After Two Decades on Death Row for a Crime I Didn’t Commit’ directly from Kerry for $25.00 through PayPal or Cash App.
an excerpt from the motion:
“TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
This Court (The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, “CCA”), and indeed, the world, have borne witness for the past 45 years to one of the worst cases of police and prosecutorial misconduct in American history: State v. Cook. Despite overwhelming evidence that Kerry Max Cook is innocent, the ominous cloud of a capital murder and rape charge and the threat of execution still looms over him. Equally disturbing, this case has been solved and the true killer, James Mayfield has not been brought to justice due to the State’s stubborn unwillingness to admit it made a mistake. (Mayfield has since passed away).
To be clear, DNA evidence has conclusively excluded Cook as the person who left semen on Edwards’ underwear that she was wearing when she was murdered. Instead, that DNA has been irrefutably matched to Mayfield, proving once and for all, that it was Mayfield, and not Cook, who had sexual relations with Edwards on the night of her murder - and then lied about it, under oath, for decades, as the prosecution’s star witness, while Cook languished on death row. When confronted with the DNA evidence in 2016, Mayfield finally admitted that he lied about his relationship with Edwards at the time....
