San Quentin Death Row Inmate Leon Cooper Dies In Hospital

San Quentin death chamber A San Quentin State Prison death row inmate convicted of the 1998 rape and murder of his stepdaughter in Sacramento County died Wednesday at a nearby hospital, state prison officials said Thursday. Leon Chauncey Cooper, 54, was pronounced dead at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday. His cause of death is pending the results of an autopsy, according to prison officials. Cooper