Civil Rights
Aug. 23, 2006
Bills Aim to Prevent Conviction of Innocents
Forum Column: Ruben Cantu was only 26 years old when he was executed by the state of Texas for a murder and robbery. A single eyewitness identified Cantu as the killer. Now the eyewitness says he made the identification under pressur
Forum Column
By Natasha Minsker
Ruben Cantu was only 26 years old when he was executed by the state of Texas for a murder and robbery. A single eyewitness identified Cantu as the killer. Now the eyewitness says he made the identification under pressure from the police - and that he knows Cantu was innocent. Sam Millsap, the district attorney who prosecuted Cantu and asked the jury...
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