Execution Watch

03/02/2024

IVAN CANTU SHOW ON YOUTUBE

A recording of the Ex*****on Watch show covering the ex*****on Feb. 28 of Ivan Cantu is at:

03/01/2024

DEATH ROW VOLUNTEERS’
WORK IS NEVER DONE

Even following the trauma last night of Ivan Cantu’s ex*****on, the devoted volunteers who meet and talk regularly with the people on death row gathered this morning at Pit Row Pit Stop in Livingston on their way to a visit.

From left are the Rev. Hui-Yong Shih, Jenny Clark, David Snyder, Linda Snyder, and Dani Allen. The owner of the restaurant is an ex-convict. Photo used by permission of Ms. Snyder.

02/29/2024

CANTU EXECUTED INSISTING
ON HIS INNOCENCE

HUNTSVILLE, Tex. — Ivan Cantu, whose innocence claims garnered support from around the world, was executed this evening by Texas.

Details are at:

The state of Texas on Wednesday executed death row inmate Ivan Cantu, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin’s fiancée – though he insisted until his death that he was innocent.

02/28/2024

CANTU EX*****ON IMMINENT

HUNTSVILLE, Tex. — Final preparations are under way for the ex*****on in 2 hours of Ivan Cantu.

No petitions to avert the ex*****on were pending in the U.S. Supreme Court or any lower court.

Live news coverage and analysis of the state killing will be broadcast by Ex*****on Watch on Houston MediaSource TV and KPFT FM.

02/28/2024

CANTU BACKERS FIGHT FOR STAY
OF TONIGHT’S EX*****ON

HUNTSVILLE, Tex. — Ivan Cantu pressed his innocence claims and submission of new evidence in an effort to avoid tonight’s scheduled ex*****on.

Supporters, including Sister Helen Prejean, Kim Kardashian and Martin Sheen, urged Gov. Greg Abbott to grant Cantu a 30-day reprieve.

If those efforts fail and the U.S. Supreme Court does not intervene, Ex*****on Watch will bear witness to the ex*****on through news coverage and analysis.

P R E V I E W
Ex*****on Watch
IVAN CANTU
Wed., Feb. 28, 2024
6-7 p.m. CT

— RADIO, KPFT Houston 90.1 FM HD or
http://ex*****onwatch.org > Listen.
— TV, Facebook Live on Ex*****on Watch, or Houston MediaSource https://www.hmstv.org/hms-live/

TEXAS PLANS TO EXECUTE:
IVAN CANTU, sentenced to death in October 2001 for a double slaying during a robbery in Dallas. As this latest ex*****on date neared, new evidence and a key witness recanting testimony bolstered his ongoing claim of innocence.

MARLO BLUE, program director and former news anchor, KPFT; videographer, producer and editor.

LEGAL ANALYSTS:
Criminal defense attorney LARRY DOUGLAS, and capital appellate defense attorneys PAT McCANN and MEREL PONTIER.

REPORTERS:
LINDA SNYDER, activist, from outside the death house, Huntsville. CLINTON YOUNG, former resident of Texas death row.

SPECIAL INTERVIEW GUEST
CANTU. The uncut, unedited recording of his 20-minute interview with Ex*****on Watch last year will air for the first time.

Ex*****on Watch is a live news show that since 2008 has broadcast coverage of all Texas ex*****ons. More information — podcasts, videos, scheduled ex*****ons — is at http://ex*****onwatch.org. For updates follow us on Facebook.

Additional credits:
Video Director, Mark Pirtle
Technical Director, Otis Maclay
Production Assistant, Mel Peterson
Engineer, Howard Reynolds
Executive Producer, Elizabeth Ann Stein