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July 22nd, 1985. in court, the prosecution s star witness, juan moreno described how he shot pedro in the head and turned the rifle on him and riddled his body with bullets. mr. moreno was a good witness, very sympathetic. he was asked to raise his shirt and show the scars and the wounds that he had received. when the jury saw the scars, they made a pretty big impression. they asked, are you able to identify in court today the man who shot and killed your friend. and he was able to say, yes, i see him. he s sitting right there and pointed to mr. cantu. the jury decided very quickly, they decided in just an hour and a half, they ruled that cantu should die by lethal injection. cantu s family is stunned. a supporter of cantu tried to block the camera after they returned with the decision he should be executed. ....
Ruben cantu s picture. moreno identified ruben cantu as the assailant. he was charged with murder. the case was taken and accepted by the district attorney s office. district attorney, sam millsap, the youngest big city d.a. in the country would now decide whether to try 17-year-old ruben cantu as an adult, making him eligible for the death penalty. we had very, very young people committing very adult crimes, very brutal crimes. and i was moved by that. the only thing that prosecutor could do in that situation because of the brutality of the crime is to prosecute it as couple murder. and i had a perfect record in death penalty cases. ruben cantu s trial began on july 22nd, 1985. ....
four months after the shooting, juan moreno, still recovering from his wounds, was shown a police photo lineup with ruben cantu s picture. moreno identified ruben cantu as the assailant. it was taken and accepted by the district attorney s office. district attorney, sam millsap, the youngest d.a. in the country, would now decide whether to try 17-year-old ruben cantu as an adult, making hill eligible for the death penalty. we had very, very young people committing very adult crimes, very brutal crimes. i was moved by that. the only thing that prosecutor could do in that sways, because of the brutality of the crime, was prosecute it as a capital murder. i had a perfect record in death penalty cases. ruben cantu s trial began on july 22nd, 1985. the prosecution s star witness described how he shot pedro in the head and turned rifle on him and riddled his body with bullets. mr. moreno was a good witness, very sympathetic. he was asked to raise his shirt ....
reuben cantu s trial began on july 22nd, 1985. the prosecution s star witness described how he shot pedro in the head and turned rifle on him and riddled his body with bullets. mr. moreno was a good witness, very sympathetic. he was asked to raise his shirt and show the scars and the wounds that he had received. when the jury saw the scars, they made a pretty big impression. they asked, are you able to identify in court today the man who shot and killed your friend. he said, yes, i see him. he is sitting right there and pointed to mr. cantu. in just an hour and a half, this he ruled that cantu should die by legal injection. cantu s family is stunned. a supporter of cantu tried to block the camera after they ....
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