Click here to urge Gov Perry and the Texas Legislature to enact a moratorium on executions, in light of the Ruben Cantu case.

If the Chronicle investigation is accurate, then we have an emergency situation in Texas and the Texas Legislature should be called into Special Session to address the danger of executing innocent people.

This is not the first time that a major newspaper has reported that an innocent person was likely executed in Texas. Read this artice from The Chicago Tribune that concluded that Cameron Willingham could also have been innocent when he was executed by Texas on February 17, 2004.

Urge the San Antonio City Council to Pass a Moratorium Resolution

Ruben Cantu was from San Antonio. The San Antonio City Council is being asked to pass a resolution calling for a moratorium on executions. Please click the link above to send a message to all 10 members of the San Antonio City Council and the Mayor of San Antonio urging them to pass the resolution. You can read the current draft of the resolution here.

On capital punishment, the times, they are a changin' Editorial 12/03/200, San Antonio Express-News

DA considers charge as execution probed 12/01/2005 San Antonio Express-News

Editorial: Execution in 1993 raises serious issues 11/28/2005 San Antonio Express-News

NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with Lise Olsen, reporting on the case for the Houston Chronicle, about the possibly wrongful execution of Ruben Cantu.