Dear Tracy / Dave,
Friday, October. 1, 1999
Hi! I hope when this letter reaches your hands it will find you two doing the very best in health and spirit. As for myself? Well I'm holding my head up and keeping faith. What more can I say ?!
I want to apologize for not taking time to sit and write to you sooner. I did received the message you sent to me with Alessandra. I was glad to receive it. Now that I have a little time before they come to pick up the mail I wanted to take advantage of this time to sit and bring a few things to your attention. First of all with this letter I am enclosing a copy of the letter my "new" lawyer gave to my wife. I hope you will put it on the internet along with my web page. I think everyone should have an opportunity to look at this letter and hopefully it will help them want to help me a bit more.
I am glad to say that today I received a letter from a woman from Mesquite, Texas. This is close to Dallas. It's a Suburb of Dallas. Anyway this nice woman have decided that she wants to help me by paying for the actual cost of the much needed DNA Test. I just wrote her a "Thank You" letter and gave her a message to send to you. I hope you got it by now. I also just wrote a short letter to my "new" attorney to inform him of this news and ask him to contact this woman right away. I don't know what to expect but I am preparing myself for the worst. I have to because I can't allow myself to get lost in illusions about the reality of my fate. I'm sure you could understand this. I hope everything comes together before it is too late because once they kill me they can't bring me back and say they made a mistake.
I want to take advantage of this time to sit and write to let you know what is happening to me and to bring you up to date on what I am soon to face. My Fifth Circuit Appeal has recently been denied on the 18th of August. I didn't discover this until the 4th of September, and on the 7th of September I was notified that I now have an impending Execution Date set for the 28th of October which you already know about. This means I have less than a month to live if nothing good comes my way. At this present time me, my wife, my family, my tribe and my Lawyers are trying, to do all we can to stop this madness before it is too late for me. We are trying to generate "financial support" desperately needed to help prove my innocence. The two amounts that are extremely important at this time are the cost of the DNA Test ($7,500 Dollars) and the cost for the Investigator ($5,000} Dollars; Plus the Lawyers fees mentioned in his letter) who is currently investigating my case, and this is something that has "Never" been done since my conviction 11 years ago. There is evidence that can prove my innocence and this is the Investigators job--to gather ALL of this evidence to present it to my Lawyers so they can try getting it introduced into the courts to be heard. In my case the prosecutors "fabricated" evidence used to convict me. Their most powerful evidence was they claimed that the victims blood was found all over my clothing. In their terms "I was covered in the victims blood!" This is not true and this is what I have been trying to get out so everybody can see that their evidence was "fabricated" to convict me. The way they fabricated this evidence was they used a large photo during my trial and showed this photo to the jurors getting them to believe that I had the victims blood all over my clothes. The much needed DNA Test will establish the fact that there is NO existing blood on my clothes and this will be the main turning point in my case to get the truth out. Once I unwrap this part of the prosecutors case then I'm confident that everything else will fall into place and my innocence will be proven. But, if I don't prove this before the 28th of October then these people will indeed be "MURDERING" an Innocent Person-- ME!
have to admit that I do feel good even though I am facing a Scheduled Legalized Murder this month. The reason I feel good is because I finally found a Lawyer who is willing to dig deep to bring the Truth out and this is what my Struggle is all about. The sad part is it finally comes at the closing of my Struggle. I don't know if my Lawyers will be able to save my life and prove my innocence because they don't want to guarantee this to me nor my wife, which I feel is quite understandably because they are showing me that they don't want to lie to me. If it was another Lawyer they would have already lied and told me that they can guarantee nie a stay of execution knowing deep down in their heart that they can't. The Lawyer on my case is named "David K. Sergi." He is a good Lawyer who played a hand in helpIng release "Kerry Cook" from Death Row a few years ago. The other Lawyer working with David is also a good Lawyer who's already beat 5 cases from Death Row, so these Lawyers know what they are doing and they know what it takes to win. But the only problem I have is meeting their financial demands. It is a shame but "yes" this is what it will take to save my life. They have already told my wife that she can make payments for their fees, but the most important is the fee's for the DNA Test and the Investigator, plus the fees he mentioned in his letter. These have to be paid as soon as possible. If I can pay these fees then there is a strong possibility that I can obtain a short stay (30-60 Days) of execution to allow my lawyers to bring out all the evidence that was "never" brought out before. And once we show that I am Truly Innocent then and only then will I be granted the opportunity to re-present my case to the courts. And if/when this happens I could win back my life and freedom soon there after. I need your help. More than you could ever imagine. Remember one thing. "An innocent Man is going to die. You're either somebody who will help him or somebody who won't. For the rest of your life you'll be somebody who did help him or somebody who didn't." The choice is yours.
I hate to
think that the worst will come to me. And, if it does then I want
you to know that I will fight these "Murderers" every step
of the way. There is no doubt in my mind that they will "Torture"
me before they Murder me, because I am not going to Systematically
Lay Down for these people. I Can't and Won't participate
in their cruelty. I don't believe in their system. They have
No Right!!! Every time I think of October the 28th
all I can think of is Survival; Fight; Resist!!
I am not guilty therefore I WILL fight until I can't fight
anymore.
I want the Whole World
to know that these people "Tortured" me before they "Murdered"
me. I am allowed to have up to 5 people witness my Legalized
Murder and these will be my beloved wife, my lawyer, and I am now searching
for Three News Reporters from around the world so they
can witness my Tortured/Murder and share this with the world telling
the world what they witnessed. I am sure I'll find these
reporters soon because I've already sent word asking people
to get these reporters to contact me soon.
Well, I guess I will bring this letter to a close. I just wanted to write quickly and bring you up to date with things happening to me and my case. If you wish to help give financial donations to help with the cost of the DNA Test and Investigator then please contact the following people at the end of this letter. Or, if you know of people willing to make a contribution then "PLEASE" have them contact the following people.
Sincerely
"IN TOTAL RESISTANCE!"
Domingo Cantu
TO HELP, CONTACT :
Frau Brigitte Cantu
Rose-Pichler-Weg 31
80937 Munich
GERMANY
Telephone Number: 089-311
88 20
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND / COMMITTEE
Anna & Giovanni Menna
via Galilei 14
22100 Como ITALY
Telephone Number: 031/52
61 31
E-Mail: gio.anna@iol.it
P.S. If possible "PLEASE"
put this letter on the internet along with the letter from the lawyer,
Okay?! Thanks!
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