Death of Cooper Harris

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Cooper Harris was a 22-month-old toddler who died of hyperthermia on June 18, 2014, in Vinings, Georgia, United States. His father, Justin Ross Harris ("Ross"), had left him strapped in the rear-facing car seat of his SUV, where the toddler remained for approximately seven hours. Ross was arrested and charged with his son's death, which he called a tragic accident. After a jury trial that garnered national media attention, he was found guilty of malice murder and felony murder, among other charges, on November 14, 2016. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 32 years. In 2021, the Harris case was the subject of a documentary, Fatal Distraction. On June 22, 2022, Ross's convictions of murder and cruelty were overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court, which concluded that he had not received a fair trial. Ross remained convicted of felony attempt to commit sexual exploitation of children and dissemination of harmful material to minors. In May 2023, prosecutors...

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