How’s it going Youtube I am Landon and welcome to a new Most Amazing Top 10 video?
Things are about to get really crazy.
As of April 1st there were 2,842 death row inmates in the United States and this is no
joke.
Well a lot of these people have committed horrible crimes but some of these people who
were strapped in the electric chair or given a lethal injection were innocent.
It just doesn’t make sense to me why a ton of people were killed and was later found
to be innocent why not give them a fair trial with DNA tests and really look through all
of the evidence.
Well this is the top 10 people wrongfully executed.
And in the comment section tell me if you believe in the death penalty.
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Starting us off at number 10 we have, Claude Jones who was actually the last man put to
death during George W Busys time as Governor of Texas.
Claude was executed after a liquor-store robbery went horrible wrong.
During this robbery Allen Hilzendager lost his live when he was shot 3 times and Clade
became the prime suspect, and was quickly given the lethal injections.
The crime took place in 1989 and in 2000 when Claude was 60 yrs old he was killed.
One of the Key evidence was a strand of hair.
Well when it was properly DNA tested it was no doubt that it actually didn’t belong
to Claude.
The hair wasn’t even re-tested till the innocence project stepped in about 10 yrs
after he was killed.
So for 11 yrs we had an innocent man sitting in a jail cell on death row, and he was killed
for someone elses horrible crime.
Number 9.
We have Cameron Todd Willingham who was an American man who was convicted and executed
for the murder of his three young children by arson at his family home in Corsicana,
Texas back in 1991.
Cameron was executed at the age of 36 yrs old.
This case didn’t sit well for some so people started to dig into this case and they found
out the investigative techniques used in this case were a bit odd and also evidence was
misinterpreted.
A Texas Forensic science commission examined the evidence themselves and found that claims
are arson were very doubtful.
Also the people who testified like a witness named Johnny Webb testimonies were very questionable.
Well it was found out that a fire just started at the home and Cameron was just really lucky
to be alive.
So in this situation we have this poor guy who just lost his whole family due to a fire
and instead of the state helping him out financially and emotionally they deemed him the prime
suspect and than they killed him.
Is this real life right now.
Kinda sickening when you think about it.
Ruben Cantu comes in at number 8.
Now this is a really crazy one, well they all are but Ruben was executed for a murder
people believed he committed when he was just 17 yrs old.
So this is a minor who was put on death row.
I didn’t think you could be a minor on death row but I am assuming he was convicted as
an adult.
Do you guys believe kids under 18 yrs old should be allowed to be tried as an adult?
Ruben was killed at the age of 26 yrs old by lethal injection.
Before he died he wrote a note that read “ I have been framed in a capital murder case.
I was framed because I shot an off-duty police officer named joe De La Luz.
Ruben became the 5th juvenile offender to be executed by the state of Texas.
Ruben and his friend were accused of shooting dead two people during a robbery that went
bad.
Well it was thought that 2 people died, well actually 1 person survived and that person
was a police officer.
That officer when he was able to talk said that Ruben was the killer.
Well after Ruben was excuted, the police officer actually took back his story.
I tried to see if this officer was also given the death pentalty for such a horrible lie
but I was un able to find anything.
Number 7, we have Carlos DeLuna.
He was an American man who was convicted of murder.
He was excuted at the age of 27 yrs old by the state of Texas.
24 yr old Wanda Lopez who was killed back in 1983.
She was a gas station attendant who died from multiple stab wounds apparently from a buck
knife.
Wanda was killed while on the phone with police.
This case was actually reopened up years later and upon findings it is known that Carlos
DeLuna was the wrong person and the murderer was actually a man who looked very similar
to Carlos description.
So it was his look-alike that should have been killed for this crime but instead an
innocent man lost his life.
Really Flawed justice system if you asked me.
Moving into number 6.
We have Jesse Tafero who was convicted of murder and was executed by the electric chair
in the stare of Florida for the murders of a Florida Highway Patrol officers.
The officers were killed during a traffic stop.
This case is more simplier than the other ones on this list because when Jesse was killed
the actually murderer confused to the crime and it was proven that Jesse Tafero was the
wrong guy.
This is just a joke in the justice system.
Not sure why they keep screwing up.
This was around the time when people really questioned the justice system.
This became head line news.
There was a movie made based out of this true story.
At Number 5.
We have Timothy Evans who was a Welshman.
He was falsely accused of murdering his wife and infant daughter at their residence in
Notting Hill, London.
Timothy was convicted back in 1950.
During his trial Timothy kept his innocence and he actually accused a neighbour John Christie
of committing the murderer but for some reason John wasn’t a suspect at all.
Well 3 yrs after Timothys execution John Christie who only Timothy suspected as the murder was
actually the serial killer.
John actually killed 6 other woman in the same house including his own wife.
That is just so messed up.
Number 4, Larry Griffin.
Larry was sentenced to death for the murder of 19 yr old Quintin Moss in St. Louis Missouri.
Larry was convicted of killing the teenager during a drive by shooting.
According to the courts Larry was their guy he was the guilty one so he was executed by
lethal injections back in 1995.
This absoutley made no sence because Larrys finger prints was not on the car or on the
murder weapon all of the evidence against him was circumstantial.
Right up to his execution Larry maintained his innocence.
10 yrs later in 2005 a University professor from Michigan Law School reopened the case.
And upon his investigations he concluded that Larry was innocent.
The killer is still out there today, and its sad.
It just seems like even without evidence the justice system just wants to see someone be
punished for the crimes that take place.
Now at number 3 we have David Spence.
David was accused of the rape and murder of two 17 yr old girls and one 18 yr old boy
in Waco, Texas.
David received the death penalty in two trials for the murders.
These trials went on for more than a decade.
A total of 4 people were caught for this crime, and they were given life in prison.
The fourth suspect was released just several years later.
This was because he took the plea deal and he testified against David.
This crime took place in 1982 and David was executed by lethan injection in 1997.
David was on death row for about 15 yrs.
After he was executed it was proven that the 4th suspect who testified against David told
lies.
He was offered cigarettes, television and alcohol privileges and conjugal visits for
his testimonies.
Is this real life right now If this was my case I don’t think I would listen to convicts
testimonies you never know what they are being offered why not just take out all the she
said or he said and just strickly look into the evidence.
Because in this case nothing actually pointed to David Spence.
Now at number 2 we have Marcellus Williams.
Now this case is a bit different with all the other ones on this list.
Marcellus was actually almost executed but a last minute situation developed.
I wanted to share his story because its really messed up but I think this is how all the
other cases should have went.
So Marcellus was scheduled to be excuted but moments because he was killed by the state
the Missouri governor stepped in after looking at this case himself and he haulted the execution
till all the evidence was looked at.
Marcellus has been locked up since 1998 for the death of 42 yr old Felicia Gayle she was
stabbed 43 times well after 20 yrs Marcellus has been locked away as the person who committed
this crime.
But it has been proven that his DNA wasn’t even on the murder weapon, a lot of the evidence
actually none of the evidence pointed to Marcellus so it’s a mystery to why he has been locked
away for so long.
Marcellus lawyers tried to bring this case to supreme court but it was rejected.
Only the governor of the state has the power to stop the execution and he did.
So now it’s a waiting game to find out whats going to happen with Marcellus.
Finally at number 1 we have Leo Jones.
He was convicted of murdering a police officer in Jacksonville, Florida.
Lea actually signed a confession after several hours of police interrogation.
After the confession he said that he was forced into it.
He feared for his life because police brutally beat him.
This case went to trial and after 7 yrs Leo Jones was seen to be guilty of this crime
and he was executed by the electric chair.
After Leo Jones was killed eye witnesses actually came out of hiding to give a statement to
what really happened.
The wrong person was excuted.
These witnesses probably didn’t come forward out of fear but now a man lost his life.
Do you guys think something should happen to these eye witnesses who kept important
detail to themselves?
Let me know in the comment section below.
Well that’s it for this video thanks so much for watching.