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LIVINGSTON, TX – On last night’s Anderson Cooper 360, CNN’s Ed Lavandera reported on the controversy surrounding Ivan Cantu’s scheduled execution by the state of Texas on February 28 in gentle of a set of damning items of proof that counsel Cantu could have been framed for a double murder he was convicted of twenty years in the past. Lavandera visits along with his former grade faculty classmate Cantu who stays on the Allan B. Polunsky Unit jail in West Livingston, Texas to debate the circumstances of his case and his plea for a good trial.
Issues over each the prosecution’s and protection’s dealing with of Cantu’s authentic trial, have led to 3 jurors from the unique case requesting a delay in Cantu’s execution so the brand new proof might be admitted.
In accordance with a authorized submitting made earlier than the Texas Court docket of Felony Appeals, there’s extra new proof exhibiting that the state’s star witness falsely testified and that the lead detective knew she was mendacity.
A rising public outcry over the execution and perjury within the trial for the reason that Cousins by Blood podcast revealed the failings within the case, with the outrage reaching a fever pitch as Cantu’s execution looms. This week, the Dallas Morning Information revealed opinion items by its editorial board, former Secretary of Housing and City Growth Julián Castro, and Consultant Joaquin Castro in assist of Cantu’s case being reopened, as a result of a collection of recent items of proof in Cantu’s case coming to gentle. On Friday, The Younger Turks ran an in-depth section on the case as effectively.
On Thursday, anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean; Cantu’s 2001 trial jury foreman, Jeffrey Calhoun, together with Cantu’s authorized counsel, household, and associates delivered remarks and a petition with greater than 100,000 signatures to Collin County District Lawyer Greg Willis and the Texas Court docket of Felony Appeals, demanding that they delay his execution. This week, Kim Kardashian and Richard Branson additionally joined Prejean and actor Martin Sheen in making the case that Cantu’s execution should be delayed.
In accordance with a authorized submitting made earlier than the Texas Court docket of Felony Appeals, there’s extra new proof exhibiting that the state’s star witness falsely testified and that the lead detective knew she was mendacity. Three jurors from the unique case have requested a delay so the brand new proof might be admitted. This week, Kim Kardashian and Richard Branson additionally joined Prejean and actor Martin Sheen in making the case that Cantu’s execution should be delayed.
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