Texas Death Row Inmate Ivan Cantu is Set to Be Executed Wednesday Despite Growing Support Around His Innocence

Texas inmate facing execution for 2000 fatal shooting says new evidence points to his innocence

Three jurors from Cantu’s trial have also asked for an execution delay, saying they now have doubts about the case.

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Texas inmate facing execution for 2000 fatal shooting says new evidence points to his innocence

Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis, whose office convicted Cantu, said evidence presented at trial proved Cantu’s guilt.

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Execution looms for Texas inmate despite claims of innocence in 2000 fatal shooting

A Texas inmate who has long said he’s innocent and claims that his conviction more than 20 years ago was based on false testimony and questionable evidence faces execution Wednesday for fatally shooting two people, including his cousin.

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Ivan Cantu was convicted for a double murder that took place in 2000. Cantu has been on the state’s death row since November 2001. He was previously scheduled to be executed in April 2023 but was granted a stay of execution based on new testimony that alleged a possible false witness in his murder trial.
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Texas man set to die next week pleads for stay of execution – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Ivan Cantu, 50, is less than a week away from his scheduled execution. Cantu was convicted of murdering his cousin James Mosqueda and his cousin’s girlfriend Amy Kitchen in 2000. A podcast called ‘Cousins by Blood’ launched by Matt Duff in 2020. Duff says his investigations do not prove Cantu's innocence but do point to irregularities in his trial.
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Texas court rejects the latest appeal of Ivan Cantu, who’s scheduled to be executed Wednesday – Houston Public Media
Ivan Cantu was convicted of murdering his cousin and his cousin's fiancée in 2000. He has maintained his innocence ever since. Cantu had two prior execution dates, the most recent of which was April 26, 2023. But a district judge ordered his execution date be withdrawn.
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Ivan Cantu was found guilty of killing his cousin and a 21 year old woman, as well as stealing jewelry and a car. Cantu isn't the only one facing execution. Thomas Eugene Creech, who has been on death row for 50 years, is also scheduled to die. Creech has five murder convictions across three states and is suspected of six more.
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Who is Ivan Cantu, the Texas man Kim Kardashian is trying to save from execution
Ivan Cantu is on death row and scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Cantu, now 50, is a Texas man who was convicted for the double homicide of his cousin James Mosqueda and his fiancee Amy Kitchen. Since being sentenced over twenty years ago, Cantu has maintained his innocence.
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Kim Kardashian Begs Greg Abbott to Save Death Row Inmate
Ivan Cantu was convicted in 2001 for the murders of his cousin and fiancée. The 51-year-old is set to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday. Kardashian has been speaking out on Cantu's behalf. She has now appealed to Texas Governor Greg Abbott for a delay.
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Ivan Cantu Petition Against Texas Execution Receives 100,000 Signatures
Ivan Cantu, 50, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Wednesday. He was condemned to death for the fatal shooting of his cousin, James Mosqueda, 27, and his cousin's girlfriend, Amy Kitchen, 22. Cantu has long said he is innocent, and advocates have questioned his conviction.
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Ivan Cantu, 50, was convicted of the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin's fiancee. Cantu is one of two inmates scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection in the United States. The other, convicted serial killer Thomas Creech, 73, is to be executed in Idaho.
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