Exonerated After Execution: 12 Men (And One Woman) Found Innocent After Being Put to Death

September 27th, 2011 - By TheEditor

Carlos DeLuna

Carlos DeLuna

Evidence that came to light in 2006 suggesting that DeLuna was executed for murder because of a case of mistaken identity. He died by lethal injection in Texas in 1989 for a 1983 stabbing that he maintains was committed by another man who he directly named, but was never investigated. The Chicago Tribune did a follow up investigation focusing on the family of the man named by the victim, Carlos Hernandez, also revealing other facts that made the prosecuting attorney question the ruling. Hernandez died in 1999, but reportedly repeatedly bragged about the fact that another man went to death row for his crimes to his relatives. Texas has executed almost a third of the people condemned to death in the United States since 1982.

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  • Nonny Maus

    I tell the pro-life nuts in my life, "if you don't like abortion, go adopt all those unwanted children yourself." If you don't like the death penalty, how would you feel to pay and house and feed a convicted murderer, if you're so sure they're all so innocent? In some states, it's grossly UNDER-used due to the appeals process. There is zero chance of rehabilitation for a repeat offender convicted of violent, premeditated acts. If you want to act like a rabid animal, you get put down like one. It's called justice, and those in death row were convicted in COURT, not by a lynch mob.

  • http://aalbc.com Troy

    This is disgusting, just disgusting…

  • alicia duncan

    down south is known for doing sh**t like this

  • Destiny

    I don't understand why there aren't more people protesting,marching for the horrible injustice of the innocent… I guess we're just that comfortable. It's sickly and horrible. I would die inside myself knowing I was being put to death for a murder I did not commit. It's wrong. Two wrongs will NEVER make a right. EVER!. It's not 100% error free, which means it shouldn't be. SMH. SMH.

  • G

    This does not change my mind. I still support the death penalty. I feel it is right for some cases.

    • Mike

      Yeah unless it was you falsely accused and convicted and waiting to die.

      • http://aalbc.com Troy

        Word!