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Corpus Christi, Texas, 4th February 1983: 26-year-old Wanda Lopez was working alone behind the counter, and while on the phone to a police dispatcher, she was stabbed to death. The Phantom, news, Netflix 2021
That was not his [Carlos DeLuna] manner of committing crimes. He just was not the type to go and pull a knife on somebody. ibid. rozzer
The only evidence is eye-witness evidence. That’s the worst evidence in the world. ibid. prosecutor
When they pulled him out from under the truck, they found a wad of bills in his front pants pocket totalling $149, which was about the amount of money that was taken from the cash register. ibid. Carrico
If he stabbed her, why is there nothing on his clothing? ibid. old boy
He gave us the name Carlos Hernandez. ibid.
The jury convicted and gave DeLuna the death penalty. ibid. news
He [DeLuna] should have had some blood on his shoes. ibid. post-mortem dude
He didn’t even know he was on Death Row. ibid. pen pal
14 years later, New York City, Professor Liebman: We found another case in Corpus Christi … We wanted to learn everything we could about this Carlos Hernandez … An entire story unfolded … A lot of it had to do with robbery of a convenience store. ibid.
The subject was found in her van in a vacant lot in Corpus Christi. She had a large X scratched – more scratched than cut – on her back … What kind of a murder was this? ibid. Post-mortem old boy
The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death: Groundbreaking Columbia law school study sets out in shocking detail the flaws that led to Carlos DeLuna’s execution in 1989. Guardian online article Ed Pilkington in New York 15th May 2012