"Innocent Texas Inmate Executed for Double Murder Despite Maintaining Innocence"

Texas inmate Ivan Cantu was executed for a double murder he insisted he didn't commit, maintaining his innocence until his death. Convicted in 2001 for the killings of his cousin and his cousin's girlfriend, Cantu's attorney claimed to have gathered new evidence proving his innocence, but an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was not submitted before the execution. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had previously found the new evidence "not credible." The next execution in Texas is scheduled for the summer.