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Sam Millsap Testifies at Nebraska Capitol

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Former Bexar County (San Antonio) District Attorney Sam Millsap. was in Lincoln, Nebraska yesterday to discuss his experiences with prosecuting capital punishment cases.  Omaha's KPTM-TV had a preview, here. Earlier coverage of legislative proposals in Nebraska is here. As DA, Millsap authorized the death penalty prosecution of Ruben Cantu, now regarded as a likely innocent executed by Texas -- one of three likely innocents whose cases have been discovered and reported on by journalists.  Millsap now regrets the prosecution, and has said that he believes that the death penalty should never be sought in a case whose evidence rests upon the testimony of a single eyewitness.  Millsap has also said that he has no reason to doubt the recantation of the eyewitness in the Cantu case, who has said that he felt pressured by a San Antonio police officer to id Cantu...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 06, 2008 (boomark / email).