In the USA, the “defender” of so-called “Western values”, the world was once again shown what this means. The murder of a person whose guilt is in question and the torture of a convicted person…
Was Ivan Cantu innocent?
Ivan Canutu (50) has been executed by lethal injection in the state of Texas. Ivan has always insisted on his innocence. We documented in an earlier article the evidence of his innocence and that he had received no fair trial. See HERE. He was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. at the state prison in Huntsville.
In his last words, Ivan Cantu said: “I’d like to address the Kitchens and Mosqueda families…I want you to know that I never killed James and Amy…And if I did, if I knew who did, you would’ve been the first to know any information I would’ve had that would’ve helped to bring justice to James and Amy.”
In an interview a few days before his execution, Ivan also protested his innocence. He hoped to get a stay of execution so that his innocence could be proven. However, neither a court nor Governor Greg Abbott were prepared to do so. This is what Ivan Cantu feared, saying: “They ignore everything and place me on that gurney and kill me.”
We have seen over 186,000 signatures in various petitions – but they were ignored in Texas. In the name of a justice that is not justice, an innocent man may have been murdered by the state.
Sources:
https://www.the-sun.com/news/10532266/death-row-ivan-cantus-final-words-kim-kardashians-execution/
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/23/us/ivan-cantu-texas-death-row-double-murder/index.html
Execution in Idaho failed. Thomas Creech back in his cell.
The state of Idaho attempted to execute Thomas Creech, 73, by lethal injection yesterday. According to the FEDERAL DEFENDER SERVICES OF IDAHO, his executioners tried to stick a hypodermic needle into his veins 10 times. But it failed again and again. An unimaginable situation, a terrible torture for their victim. In the end, they gave up and took Thomas Creech back to his cell.
In its statement, the FEDERAL DEFENDER SERVICES OF IDAHO makes the following comments: “We are angered but not surprised that the State of Idaho botched the execution of Thomas Creech today. This is what happens when unknown individuals with unknown training are assigned to carry out an execution. This morning, they tried and failed 10 times to access Tom’s veins in both of his arms and both legs so they could inject him with the State’s mysteriously acquired pentobarbital. This is precisely the kind of mishap we warned the State and the Courts could happen when attempting to execute one of the country’s oldest death-row inmates in circumstances completely shielded in secrecy despite a well-known history of getting drugs from shady sources. Yesterday, the State called Mr. Creech’s worries “patently absurd” in its motions to the U.S. Supreme Court. Unfortunately, what is absurd is Idaho’s continuing efforts to kill this harmless old man, who by this point surely has suffered enough.”
It is unclear what will happen to Thomas Creech now. It is to be hoped that his death sentence will now be overturned.
Sources:
Message from DeathPenaltyAction to us
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/02/28/idaho-department-of-correction-unable-to-move-forward-with-scheduled-execution-of-thomas-creech/
And where was Joe Biden all this time? The president may not have the power to stop death sentences in individual US states, but he could have spoken out loudly. After all, he claimed during the election campaign that he was against the death penalty. Yet this man remains silent on the horrific torture inflicted on so many people in the States, time and time again.
The death penalty is cruel and inhumane. Sitting in a cell for decades, knowing that the state wants to murder you, is terrible torture. We renounce such “Western values”.
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Peter K.
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