Thanks to Injustice Anywhere, I was directed to the following story about Ruben Cantu who was just 17 years-old when he was executed in the great State of Texas in 1993 for committing murder.
Turns out he was probably innocent.
An interesting excerpt:
Sam Millsap Jr., the former Bexar County district attorney who made the decision to charge Cantu with capital murder, says he never should have sought the death penalty in a case based on the testimony of an eyewitness who identified Cantu only after police officers showed him Cantu's photo three separate times.
"It's so questionable. There are so many places where it could break down," said Millsap, now in private practice. "We have a system that permits people to be convicted based on evidence that could be wrong because it's mistaken or because it's corrupt."
I hope this Millsap Jr. enjoys the remainder of his life because when his time comes he's got a first class ticket to straight to hell. What a shit bag.
1 comment:
Correction...he was 17 at the time of the crime. 26 when he was executed.
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