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DID TEXAS EXECUTE INNOCENT MEN? DAN RATHER REPORTS INVESTIGATES SIGNIFICANT FLAWS IN TWO TEXAS DEATH PENALTY CASES

DAN RATHER REPORTS Examines the Death Penalty Cases of Ruben Cantu and Carlos De Luna, September 4 at 8:00 p.m. ET. The episode will re-broadcast, Friday, Sept 7 at 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM, Thursday, Sept 13 at 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM, Sunday, Sept 16 at 9:00 AM and Saturday, Sept 22 at 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM.

Dallas, TX (August 29, 2007) - Next Tuesday's DAN RATHER REPORTS will reveal new details surrounding two capital murder cases in Texas - leading to the executions of two men that may have occurred as the result of flawed evidence. The episode airs on Tuesday, September 4 at 8:00 p.m. on HDNet.

A clip of the program can be viewed at the following link:

http://www.hd.net/drr229

In "Did Texas Execute Innocent Men?" Dan Rather speaks with key players in the cases of both Ruben Cantu and Carlos De Luna both of whom died by lethal injection in Texas where more than one-third of the nation's executions take place.

Ruben Cantu was never convicted of a crime before the November 1984 murder case that led to his execution in 1993. In his investigation, Dan Rather speaks with former San Antonio district attorney Sam Millsap who originally sought the death penalty for Cantu but now believes he made a mistake.

Rather also speaks with principal investigators in the case and eyewitnesses, who expose serious discrepancies in the evidence that ultimately led to the execution of Cantu, who was only 17 at the time of his arrest.

DAN RATHER REPORTS also investigates the 1989 execution of Carlos De Luna, whose conviction relied on uncertain eyewitness testimony. No physical evidence was ever found linking De Luna to the murder for which he was convicted, and for the first time on television, the private investigator who scrutinized the case discloses new information which could have exonerated De Luna 17 years ago.

Were Cantu and De Luna innocent and wrongly executed? Rather delves into these gripping cases on DAN RATHER REPORTS, Tuesday, September 4 on HDNet at 8:00 pm. ET. The program also airs at 11:00 pm ET, to accommodate West Coast prime time television.

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