Phantom justice and the death penalty
The difference between Julius Jones's and Carlos DeLuna's cases should give us pause about the nation’s death penalty.
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The difference between Julius Jones's and Carlos DeLuna's cases should give us pause about the nation’s death penalty.
Patrick Forbes tells "Newsweek" how his new film "The Phantom" lays out how "everything that could go wrong, did go wrong" for DeLuna, who was executed in 1989.
Reply Coming to theatres from BAFTA-winning director Patrick Forbes, Greenwich Entertainment and premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival is the story of death, investigation, and injustice with THE PHANTOM. In 1993, a young woman named Wanda Lopez was working a night shift at a Shamrock gas station in Texas when police dispatch receives a call. Ms. Lopez is worried about a young man outside the store who is scaring her. He enters the store and proceeds to rob and bring tragedy leaving behind a haunting recorded moment for investigators. Arrested is 20-year-old Carlos DeLuna who is found lying...