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>> finding out four hours before your client is going to be executed that hes not going to be executed is a tremendous sense of ex-ill racial, but its not over. kevin was not off death row. >> two years after kevin coopers brush with death, a judge imposed a moratorium on the use of lethal injection in california. no one has been executed in the state since 2006.

Letter addressed to the citizens of san antonio. >> this was a letter he wrote not long after he was convicted. it says, my name is reuben m. cantu. i am only 18 years old. i have been framed in a capital murder case. so im going to have to spend the rest of my life in prison or die by so-called lethal injection. it was an angry letter. he is outraged about what happened to him. it was some very, very four pull charges in it. >> for sam millsap, the letter was just another convict claiming innoc...

They wont commit another crime. >> the governor during rubens clemency appeal was the colorful leader of the texas democrats, ann richard. >> poor george. he was born with a silver foot in his mouth. >> in texas, even liberal icon, ann richards, would not dispute the death penalty. on august 23rd, 1994, the day before he was to be executed, ruben cantu received the reply. clemency denied. >> a san antonio man continues to claim innocence just hours before he is set to die by lethal injection. >>...

Ago. were just told the jury has a question for the judge and that will be read in open court momentarily. they did deliberate just over an hour. everyone associated with watches the case closely expect as final decision sometime today. it has been a very long road since that shocking movie theater massacre three years ago that left 12 people dead and 70 injured. jury selection began seven months ago. the trial lasted 15 weeks with 300 witnesses. comes down to this for the jurors, using reasoned...

Conclusion was earth-shattering. >> a hearing was held to determine seth penalvers sentence. life in prison or death by lethal injection. seths attorneys wanted to argue that his tumultuous childhood should be taken into account. >> seth had a terrible childhood. his mom was a drug addict, and he was raised somewhat homeless. had to rely on himself. >> he was a middle school dropout. his dad is deceased and his mom is a heroin addict. he had no siblings. >> i told my attorney, no. youre not goin...

You know, after all that fighting, after all that time, to come to that, conme to that conclusion was earth-shattering. >> a hearing was held to determine seth penalvers sentence. life in prison or death by lethal injection. seths attorneys wanted to argue that his tumultuous childhood should be taken into account. >> seth had a terrible childhood. his mom was a drug addict. and he was raised somewhat homeless. had to rely on himself. >> he was a middle school dropout. his dad is deceased. and h...

Unanimous decision said i would not be murdered that night. i felt life to come back into my body because i honestly thought i was a dead man. >> finding out four hours before your client is going to be executed that hes not going to be executed is a tremendous sense of exhilaration, but its not over. kevin was not off death row. >> two years after kevin coopers brush with death, a judge imposed a moratorium on the use of lethal injection in california. no one had been executed in the states sin...

Night. i began to feel life come back into my body, because i honestly thought i was a dead man. >> finding out four hours before your client is going to be executed that hes not going to be executed is a tremendous sense of ex-ill racial, but its not over. kevin was not off death row. >> two years after kevin coopers brush with death, a judge imposed a moratorium on the use of lethal injection in california. no one has been executed in the state since 2006. meanwhile, kevin cooper continues to ...

Around both ankles. this is a shroud that would actually cover the headpiece. you dont have an option whether to wear the blindfold or not. its mandatory. the flow is by cable from the base of the chair into the headpiece and both ankles. and it would complete the circuit. this is the gurney that we use for the lethal injection. there are two iv lines come to the portal in the wall. one line would go to the left arm with the right being the backup. this is the room to where the executioner would...

Have fell all the way to the floor. >> we have four holding cells that are here on death watch. we have staff that work back here on 12-hour shifts when we activate this. staff are trained to work in this environment. and theyre all volunteers. >> you know its serious business, of course. everything is very clinical and methodical. and, of course, as each hour goes by, you get closer and closer. >> this is the execution chamber. as youll notice, there is an electric chair that is here and the gu...