Justin Ross Harris

Cooper Harris was a 22-month-old toddler who died of heat stroke on June 18, 2014, in Vinings, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, after being left strapped in the rear-facing car seat of his father's SUV for approximately seven hours. Though he has maintained that the death was a tragic accident, Cooper's father Justin Ross Harris was arrested and charged with his son's murder. On November 14, 2016, after a jury trial that garnered national media attention, Harris was found guilty of malice murder and felony murder among other charges, in a verdict that has faced some criticism. He was subsequently sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 32 years. On June 22, 2022, Justin Ross Harris's convictions relating to Cooper's death were overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court, concluding that he had not received a fair trial, and will be given a retrial.