California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered an independent investigation on Friday into the conviction of inmate Kevin Cooper, who claims that he was framed for the stabbing deaths of four people at a Suburban LA home in 1983.

Cooper, now 63, has remained firm to say he was framed for the murders and has been seeking gubernatorial clemency since 2016.

Gov. Newsom has said he “takes no position" on Cooper's guilt or innocence or whether to grant him clemency.

Newsom appointed a law firm to review court records and all facts and evidence in the case, including those that don't appear in trial and appellate records, along with the results of DNA tests previously ordered by the governor.

The order said the tests had been completed, but Cooper’s lawyers and the San Bernardino County district attorney’s office have “starkly different views” about whether they support Cooper’s claims.

Cooper's attorney, Norman Hile, called the order gratifying.

“We are confident that a thorough review will demonstrate that Kevin Cooper is innocent and should be released from prison," he said.

Cooper claimed that investigators planted his blood on the T-shirt.

He argued that trial evidence “was manufactured, mishandled, planted, tampered with, or otherwise tainted by law enforcement," according to Newsom's order.