HOUSTON, Texas (AP) — Doubts are being cast on the guilt of a Texas man executed more than a dozen years ago after the crime’s lone witness recanted and a co-defendant said he allowed his friend to be falsely accused under police pressure, the Houston Chronicle reported Sunday.
Ruben Cantu was 17 in 1984 when he was charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a man during an attempted robbery in San Antonio. The victim was shot nine times with a rifle before the gunman unloaded more rounds into the only eyewitness.
The eyewitness, Juan Moreno, told the Chronicle that it wasn’t Cantu who shot him. Moreno said he identified Cantu as the killer during his 1985 trial because he felt pressured and was afraid of authorities. (Watch the reporter investigating the case — 3:16)
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A former top State Department official said Sunday that Vice President Dick Cheney provided the "philosophical guidance" and "flexibility" that led to the torture of detainees in U.S. facilities.
BUSAN, South Korea (CNN) — In a speech to U.S. troops in South Korea, President Bush on Saturday rejected Democratic calls to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq, vowing to "stay in the fight until we have achieved the victory our brave troops have fought for."
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A whistleblower’s claims that reconstruction in Iraq has been rife with waste, fraud and abuse — particularly in regard to a division of Halliburton — will be turned over to the Justice Department, a U.S. senator said Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans sought a showdown Friday with Democrats on a proposal by one of their most senior members to force an end to the U.S. deployment of troops in Iraq.
LONDON, England — Former CIA director Stansfield Turner has labeled Dick Cheney a "vice president for torture."
Statement by the Press Secretary on Congressman Murtha’s Statement 
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — As debate rages in Washington over the U.S. military presence in Iraq, suicide bombings killed scores of people Friday in Baghdad and in the eastern city of Khanaqin, near the Iranian border.
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