Execution of Texas Inmate Ivan Cantu Sparks Controversy and Doubts After Claiming Innocence
Dallas, Texas – A Texas man who had maintained his innocence for over 20 years was executed Wednesday evening for the murders of his cousin and his cousin’s girlfriend. Ivan Cantu, 50, was put to death by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the fatal shooting of James Mosqueda, 27, and Amy Kitchen, 22, in November 2000. Cantu had long claimed that his conviction was based on false testimony and questionable evidence. …