A Chicago Tribune inves­ti­ga­tion set for release this week­end will reveal ground­break­ing evi­dence that Texas may have exe­cut­ed an inno­cent man in 1989. The defen­dant, Carlos DeLuna, was exe­cut­ed for the fatal stab­bing of Texas con­ve­nience store clerk Wanda Lopez in 1983. New evi­dence uncov­ered by reporters Maurice Possley and Steve Mills casts doubt on DeLuna’s guilt and points towards anoth­er man, Carlos Hernandez, who had a record of sim­i­lar crimes and repeat­ed­ly con­fessed to the mur­der. According to a link on the Chicago Tribune’s Web site (https://​www​.chicagotri​bune​.com/​n​e​w​s​/​s​p​e​c​i​a​l​s​/​b​r​o​a​d​b​a​n​d​/​c​h​i​-​t​x​-​h​t​m​l​s​t​o​r​y​,​0​,​7​9​3​5​0​0​0​.​h​t​m​l​story), a three-part inves­tiga­tive series will start this week­end and con­clude on Tuesday. A news piece sched­uled to air tonight on ABC’s ​“Nightline” will also cov­er this emerg­ing sto­ry.

It appears that new evi­dence will cast strong doubt on DeLuna’s guilt. This would be the fourth inves­ti­ga­tion in the past 2 years point­ing to the exe­cu­tion of a prob­a­bly inno­cent man. Similar ques­tions have been raised in the cas­es of Cameron Todd Willingham and Ruben Cantu in Texas, and Larry Griffin in Missouri.

See Innocence.

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