Texas Executes Man Despite Doubts About His Guilt

The Texas Tribune reports:

Texas executed Ivan Cantu Wednesday for the murder of his cousin and his cousin’s fiancée, James Mosqueda and Amy Kitchen. Prior to the state’s first execution of the year, post-trial evidence raising questions about Cantu’s guilt had persuaded jurors from his original trial to ask Texas courts to reconsider his case.

A public campaign pushing to pause the execution won the support of thousands of Texans, celebrities and faith leaders who called for a closer look at the case in light of recanted testimony from a key witness and claims that another witness lied on the stand.

At 6:26 p.m., Cantu was injected with a lethal dose of pentobarbital. He died 21 minutes later.

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— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) February 29, 2024