11/ Rezutko suspected the other robber, the gunman, was Keith Cooper. He was tall, thin, black.
"Elkhart, Indiana, doesn't have a lot of tall, 6-foot-4, 6-foot-5 black male robbers running around," Rezutko would say.
The DNA pointed to another man.
The victim now believed he was innocent.
So did the trial prosecutor.
So did the parole board, by unanimous vote.
Still, for 34 months, Mike Pence refused to pardon Keith Cooper.
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Exoneree Keith Cooper, who Mike Pence refused to pardon as governor and was later pardoned by Governor Holcomb, has now sued Elkhart over his wrongful conviction https://t.co/5CZUFsBYA3