It’d be nice to think our judicial system is totally
infallible, but unfortunately, that’s just not the
case. Innocent people are convicted of crimes they
didn’t commit more often than anyone would like
to admit, and in some cases, people who were later
found to be innocent have actually been put to death.
Here are 8 people who were executed and
innocent.



1. Cameron Todd Willingham—In 1992, Willingham
was convicted of arson murder in Texas. He was
believed to have intentionally set a fire that killed
his three kids. In 2004, he was put to death.
Unfortunately, the Texas Forensic Science
Commission later found that the evidence was misinterpreted, and they concluded that none of the
evidence used against Willingham was valid. As it
turns out, the fire really was accidental.



2. Ruben Cantu—Cantu was 17 at the time the crime
he was alleged of committing took place. Cantu was
convicted of capital murder, and in 1993, the Texas
teen was executed. About 12 years after his death,
investigations show that Cantu likely didn’t
commit the murder. The lone eyewitness recanted his testimony, and Cantu’s co-defendant later
admitted he allowed his friend to be falsely
accused. He says Cantu wasn’t even there the
night of the murder.



3. Larry Griffin—Griffin was put to death in 1995 for
the 1981 murder of Quintin Moss, a Missouri drug
dealer. Griffin always maintained his innocence,
and now, evidence seems to indicate he was telling
the truth. The first police officer on the scene now
says the eyewitness account was false, even though the officer supported the claims during the
trial. Another eyewitness who was wounded
during the attack was never contacted during the
trial, and he says Griffin wasn’t present at the
crime scene that night.



4. Carlos DeLuna—In 1989, DeLuna was executed
for the stabbing of a Texas convenience store clerk.
Almost 20 years later, Chicago Tribune uncovered
evidence that shows DeLuna was likely innocent.
The evidence showed that Carlos Hernandez, a man
who even confessed to the murder many times, actually did the crime.



5. David Wayne Spence—Spence was put to death
in 1997 for the murder of three teenagers in Texas.
He was supposedly hired by a convenience store
clerk to kill someone else, but he allegedly killed
the wrong people by mistake. The supervising
police lieutenant said “I do not think David Spence committed this crime.” The lead homicide
detective agreed, saying “My opinion is that David
Spence was innocent. Nothing from the
investigation ever led us to any evidence that he
was involved.”



6. Jesse Tafero—In 1976, Tafero was convicted of
murdering a state trooper. He and Sonia Jacobs
were both sentenced to death for the crime. The
main evidence used to convict them was testimony
by someone else who was involved in the crime,
ex-convict Walter Rhodes. Rhodes gave this testimony in exchange for a life sentence. In 1990,
Tafero was put to death. Two years later, his
companion Jacobs was released due to a lack of
evidence…the same evidence used to put Tafero to
death.



7 & 8. Thomas Griffin and Meeks Griffin— The oldest
case on this list dates back to 1915. The Griffin
brothers, two black men, were convicted of the
murder of a white man. The reason they were
convicted is because Monk Stevenson, another
black man suspected of committing the murder, pointed to the brothers as having been responsible.
He later admitted the reason he blamed them is
because they were wealthy, and he assumed they
had the money to beat the charges. The Griffin
brothers were completely innocent, but they were
put to death nonetheless.



MAY GOD NOT MAKE US VICTIM OF BAD CIRCUMSTANCES

too bad

Wanna talk of this Country Alot of Innocent people are executed and some imprisoned for no concrete evidence