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LIVINGSTON, TX – On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sister Helen Prejean and Martin Sheen referred to as on Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Court docket of Legal Appeals to concern a keep forward of Ivan Cantu’s scheduled execution on February 28. Their calls for are available mild of a group 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.
Issues over each the prosecution’s and protection’s dealing with of Cantu’s authentic trial have led to a few jurors from the unique case requesting a delay in Cantu’s execution so the brand new proof will be admitted. In accordance with a authorized submitting made earlier than the Texas Court docket of Legal Appeals, there may be 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 casee introduced outrage to a fever pitch as Cantu’s execution looms. On Friday, CNN and The Younger Turks ran in-depth segments, together with CNN interviewing Ivan himself. Final 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 help of Cantu’s case being reopened.
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 pals delivered remarks and a petition with greater than 112,000 signatures to Collin County District Lawyer Greg Willis and the Texas Court docket of Legal Appeals, demanding that they delay his execution. 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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