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Carlos DeLuna's Sister Speaks Out

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Rose Rhoton writes the OpEd, "When it comes to capital punishment, Texas is guilty of failing to protect the innocent," in today's Austin American-Statesman.'I want to say that I hold no grudges.'   These were the final words of my brother Carlos De Luna before he was executed by the state of Texas in 1989 for a crime he did not commit. His last words express remarkable forgiveness from an innocent man facing the ultimate miscarriage of justice. Unfortunately, in the 19 years since his execution, the numerous problems that led to his wrongful conviction have never been addressed and continue to plague the Texas capital punishment system. With executions in the state about to resume, I hope that legislators and the courts will learn lessons from my brother's story...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 03, 2008 (boomark / email).