Life and Death Row
True Conviction
Season 5 Episode 1 of 3
Documentary following the campaign to take Dallas man Ivan Cantu off death row, having been sentenced to death in 2001 for the murder of his cousin James Mosqueda and James' fiancée Amy Kitchen. After protesting his innocence for almost 20 years, true crime podcast Cousins by Blood spawned a campaign that gained celebrity support and shed light on new evidence to force a new hearing - but the pressure grew when a date for his execution was set in January 2024
Life and Death Row airs on BBC Two Northern Ireland at 9:00 PM, Sunday 26 January. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
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