# Kerry Max Cook

Overturned · 1977

Kerry Max Cook (born 1956) is an American former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 21-year-old Linda Jo Edwards in 1977. On June 19, 2024, the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals determined that he was actually innocent, citing a litany of prosecutorial misconduct and errors.

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=4312652
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/kerry-max-cook-w4312652

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## Sources

1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=4312652


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