STOP-PRESS - ULTIME NOTIZIE
Domingo Cantu testament:
Domingo's Funeral:
Domingo Cantu,services are going to be at 10:00 A.M. Music by a Mariachi Band At: Calvario Funeral Home Tel.214-946-8165 300 W. DAVIS ST. DALLAS ,TEXAS 75208 Domingo's body is going to be cremated, Brigitte his wife will bring and spread his ashes in Germany.
Love. Hermelinda Aguilar 30 october 1999
Fri, 29 Oct 1999: EXECUTION
of Domingo
MEDIEVAL HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A group of men wearing masks,
after havin tortured Domingo Cantu for 11 years (continuosly
telling him that they would kill him one day) finally decided to
kill him.
They dragged him into another room, forced him onto a nude bed
and began (slowly) stopping his life functions.
Hundreds of people thereby were distractly watching the event;
many children and kids were also present but they were, in that
moment, watching TV (where
other killings were taking place at a step of 1 every 6 seconds),
so didn't pay much attention at what was happening.
Of course Domingo himself had killed another person, 11 years
before, but nonetheless it was unclear why now the murdering was
perpetuateing.
Still, the medieval practice seems to happen frequently in this
far, violent and uncontrolled country.
It reminds to usages during the Holy Inquisition (in Europe) in
past centuries.
The anacronistic system and most people of that country are still
favourable to the practice and probably the natural "course
of human events" will cause
time to pass slowly on their heads untill next millenium before
civilization will touch them.
(source: Giovanni Menna - European Press)
Oct. 28, 1999, 9:44PM
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HUNTSVILLE -- A convicted burglar with a violent history was executed Thursday night for raping and fatally beating a 94-year-old woman who was watering flowers outside her Dallas home more than 11 years ago.
Domingo Cantu was pronounced dead at 6:23 p.m., nine minutes after the flow of lethal drugs began.
In a brief final statement, the 31-year-old Cantu spoke in German and Spanish before switching to English.
"I love you. I'll be waiting for you on the other side," he said to his wife, who witnessed the execution. "Be strong. No matter what happens, God is looking over you."
Then he said "Jesus mercy" three times before losing consciousness.
His sister, watching through a window a few feet away, waved an eagle feather, making the sign of a cross and then moving it in a circular motion.
Cantu was the 28th Texas inmate to receive a lethal injection this year and the third this month. At least six more convicted killers are set to die in Texas in 1999. He also was the 82nd prisoner executed in the United States this year, the most since 83 in 1952.
Cantu was condemned for murdering Suda Eller Jones the morning of June 25, 1988, outside the home where she had lived since 1928 in Dallas' Oak Cliff section.
The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday rejected Cantu's final appeal and a request to delay the execution.
Cantu insisted he was innocent. On an Internet site dedicated to him, the half-Hispanic, half-Apache called himself "an American Indian warrior held hostage in my homeland."
Appeals attorneys successfully petitioned this month to allow DNA testing of Cantu's bloody clothing. The technology was unavailable in 1988. Cantu said the tests would exonerate him of the crime, but results showed the blood on his shirt and underwear matched the victim's blood.
By MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press
6 october 1999
Judge Nelms approve DNA test for Domingo to be taken within days ! Please send immediatly your offer to help paying the cost ! This is Domingo last chance ! Execution date is 28 october 1999 ! We remind you the accounts where you can send your help:
Il Giudice Nelms accetta la richiesta per il test del DNA per Domingo; verrā effettuato tra pochi giorni ! Per favore invia subito il tuo contributo ! E' l'ultima occasione per Domingo ! La data di esecuzione č fissata per il 28 di ottobre 1999 ! Ti ricordiamo i conti su cui puoi devolvere l'aiuto:
DOMINGO CANTU INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE FUND, Conto Corrente Bancario n. 33067, Deutsche Bank, viale Cavallotti 3/A, 22100 COMO, ABI 3104, CAB 10902
OR / OPPURE :
APACHE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE; CAMPAIGN FOR DOMINGO CANTU JR. - ACCT. # 1827302108 - BANK ONE - TRINITY BANKING CENTER - 1881 SYLVAN AVE. - DALLAS - TEXAS 75208-2076 (USA)
PLEASE, DO NOT WASTE A MINUTE ! THANK YOU.
PER FAVORE AGISCI SUBITO ! GRAZIE.
The Dallas Morning News
Judge OKs test of inmate's DNA in 1988 Oak Cliff rape, murder
10/09/99
By Rick Klein / The Dallas Morning News
A Dallas judge has approved DNA tests for a man who has spent 11 years on death row, signaling what some say is a new willingness by the judiciary to re-examine old cases.
Domingo Cantu Jr., 31, is scheduled to be executed Oct. 28 for the 1988 rape and murder of a 94-year-old Oak Cliff woman, Suda Eller Jones.
One of Mr. Cantu's attorneys, David Sergi of San Marcos, persuaded state District Judge John Nelms this week to order DNA tests on bloody clothing Mr. Cantu was wearing the day of the crime.
The clothing could not be analyzed for DNA in 1988 because the technology was not advanced enough, Mr. Sergi said. In a meeting Wednesday with Dallas County prosecutors and Judge Nelms, Mr. Sergi argued that Mr. Cantu is entitled to DNA tests on the clothing because such tests are now possible.
He based his request in part on the recommendations of the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence. The commission, organized last year by U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno to help identify uses of DNA technology, issued a report Sept. 27 encouraging prosecutors and judges to consider reopening cases in which DNA tests could prove a convict's innocence.
Mike Carnes, Dallas County first assistant district attorney, said his office has agreed to post-conviction DNA tests in the past. However, he opposed Mr. Sergi's request because he considered it frivolous.
"There was uncontroverted evidence of his guilt," Mr. Carnes said. "Why should you go to the trouble of doing the DNA when you have absolutely no question as to guilt?"
Mr. Sergi said if the blood found on his client's clothing is proved not to be Mrs. Jones', the conviction is thrown into doubt and Mr. Cantu should get a new trial.
"This is the first time any [Texas] judge has done what the report said they should do," Mr. Sergi said.
Judge Nelms said the report was not a major factor in his decision.
"Anyone who's looking at death, I think we should give them every opportunity," the judge said. "At the time of the defendant's conviction, DNA testing was not something that was even considered."
Mr. Sergi said the judge's decision could clear the way for future requests for evidence analysis in similar cases. He said countless people convicted before the early 1990s could have grounds to request DNA tests.
"It's going to open up a can of worms," he said. "The impact of this is going to be huge."
Mark Daniel of Fort Worth, vice president of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, said that judges will continue to order evidence reviews case-by-case and that not all convictions warrant DNA tests.
"Is DNA relevant? In the vast majority of cases, it's not," Mr. Daniel said. "This is not going to change our system of jurisprudence."
Prosecutors said at trial that Mr. Cantu grabbed Mrs. Jones near the front of her home, in the 1100 block of North Madison Avenue, dragged her to the back, sexually assaulted her and then beat her head against a sidewalk. Mr. Cantu confessed to Dallas police but later recanted.
Under Judge Nelms' order, Mr. Cantu's defense team will have to pay for the DNA tests. Mr. Sergi said they expect to have results within 10 days, so his client's execution date may not be affected.
17 SEPTEMBER 1999 LETTER FROM DOMINGO; HE ANNOUNCES HIS KILLING DATE:
Mr. Domingo Cantu
#000924 Ellis One Unit
Huntsville, Texas
77343 U.S.A.
Friday, September 17, 1999
Dear Friends,
Hi! Here you find me taking advantage of this opportunity I have
to sit and write you these few quick lines to inform you of some
extremely important news regarding my case. I was recently "denied"
my appeal in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and a Execution
Date has been set for me for the 28th of October. This could very
well be my last date and it is possible that I might be executed
if we don't pull together NOW. I am fortunate that my wife has
contacted a Lawyer who is now on my case to see if he can get the
execution date postponed, or Stayed, so we can get the much
needed DNA Test introduced into court to establish my innocence.
My wife has met with my new
attorney "David Sergi" and they are working out an
agreement of the payments, but my wife is going to need help in
paying this lawyer so be sure that she will contact you (if she
hasn't already done so by now) and let you know more about the
things my "new" lawyer has told her. He gave her a
letter so she can show others to hopefully influence people to
make donations to my Legal Defense Fund Accounts, or maybe
straight to my lawyer. PLEASE understand that my Life depends on
your help!! I gave my Lawyer your Telephone Number and he tried
calling you but was unsuccessful and he felt that the Telephone
number was incorrect. I need for you to call him as soon as
possible and establish a friendship/relationship with him. Here
is his Telephone Number: (512) 392-5010. He does speak Italian so
I'm sure you could understand each other well. Here is also his E-mail: david@sergilaw.com
. I truly would appreciate it also if you contact the "Hands
off Cain" organization too, and let them know what is going
on. I am literally racing against time here so "PLEASE"
waste not one minute, nor hour.
I want you to know that the Investigator who works for my layer
was here to see me today to get information form me to help
establish my innocence. He told me that my lawyer will be here to
see me on Monday. I will take your Business Card out to the visit
with me to show him that the Telephone Number was correct from
the card you gave me. I hope you get in direct contact with him
so he can keep you up to date on EVERYTHING taking place. And
just so you'll know Davis is a good Lawyer. He knows what it
takes to get the truth out because he has been there before with
"Kerry Cook" so put trust in him. Also, he knows "Berry
Scheck" personally; who runs the "Innocence Project"
in New York, and he said once he has the desperately needed $ 7,500
Dollars for the DNA Test he will "Personally" fly to
New York and have Berry Scheck personally do the DNA on my case.
I must admit that I am scared to death of these next few weeks
because time is now my "enemy" and these may be my last
days here on earth if we can't pull together. Now it will be
appropriate for you to contact the Texas Parole Board, or where
you feel appropriate and let them know that you are my Legal
Defense Committee and that I do not stand alone in my Struggle
for Justice, Truth, and Freedom.
I want you both to know that a lot has been going through my mind
since I was notified of my impending execution date. I CAN NOT an
WILL NOT lay down systematically for this "barbarity"
and "madness" called Justice. I struggled into this
world from my loving mothers womb, and I struggled all throughout
my life while growing up, so I can honestly "promise"
you that I will FIGHT for my life BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY !!! I
choose NOT to participate. If you hear that I have done something
bad "Please" understand it is because I am struggling
for life and existence. I am trying to survive! The Parole Board
sent someone to come speak with me yesterday and they told me
that my case will pass through the hands of George Bush Jr. The
governor of Texas, so I chose to make a statement to him. The
statement was long but the most important thing is I asked that
he give me the opportunity to have a DNA Test done to prove my
innocence, and I told him that if he "refused" and
signed my Death Warrant then he is as guilty of MURDER just as
much as the EXECUTIONER and the LAWS he tries to uphold, and that
I will pray to God and the creator and ask that they show NO
MERCY ON HIS SOUL in the afterlife when his time comes to leave
this world. I want him to know that I am a REAL Human Being.
Well I have so much that I need to try and get done so I will
bring this letter to close for now. I do hope to hear back form
you soon. Now is my time of need of your understanding and
friendship. I hope you are still standing with me in my STRUGGLE.
Also, notice the address at the heading of my letter. They moved
back here to the Ellis Unit, and they have me held captive in
Solitary Confinement away from most of the rest of the Death Row
Population to give me a sense that I stand alone. Please write me
soon, I anxiously await for your letter.
Sincerely
"IN TOTAL RESISTANCE!"
The Apache Warrior
Your Comrade
Domingo
OLD LETTERS:
(Formato data - Date format: gg/mm/aa - dd/mm/yy)
15/06/98 (A):
15/06/98 (B):
15/06/98 (C):
23/08/98 (A):
23/08/98 (B):
Questa č la moglie di Domingo !/Here is Domingo's wife ! 
23/11/98 LETTERA DALL'AVVOCATO:
