A Texas judge has stopped next week’s scheduled execution of a death row inmate who has long said he’s innocent so there can be more time to review his claims that he was convicted more than 20 years ago with false testimony and questionable evidence.
This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, shows Texas death row inmate Ivan Cantu. A Texas judge has stopped next week's scheduled execution of Cantu, who has long claimed his innocence, for more time to review his claims that he was convicted more than 20 years ago with false testimony and questionable evidence.
Bill Wirskye, first assistant district attorney with the Collin County District Attorney’s Office, declined to comment. Two of the jurors who convicted Cantu have submitted declarations stating they now have doubts about the case. In Cantu’s apartment, police found bloody jeans with the victims’ DNA, a key to the victims’ home and a key to Kitchen’s car. Police found Cantu’s gun at his ex-girlfriend’s home. Mosqueda’s blood was found on the gun’s barrel while Cantu’s fingerprints were found on the gun’s magazine.
Boettcher told jurors Cantu proposed to her on the night of the killings with an engagement ring he stole from Kitchen. But witnesses have since said Cantu and Boettcher had announced their engagement and showed off the ring a week before the killings, according to Bunn.
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