On February 4, 1983, Wanda Vargas Lopez was working as a cashier on the 3-10 p.m. shift at the Sigmor Service Station on South Padre Island Drive in Corpus Christi, Texas. A little after 8:00 p.m., a customer entered the store and warned Wanda that there was a man in the parking lot with a knife. Wanda called the emergency line for the Corpus Christi Police Department to summon help and was on the phone with a dispatcher when the suspect came into the store. A second customer saw the struggle going on inside and moved to intervene. He came face-to-face with the suspect, who fled. Within 20-30 minutes, law enforcement officers found Carlos Deluna hiding under a truck in the nearby neighborhood. Deluna claimed that another man, Carlos Hernandez, committed the robbery and murder, but he refused to provide any information to police or his attorneys. Deluna was executed on December 7, 1989. In 2003, Professor James Liebman sent investigators to Corpus Christi to interview various people and gather records, which he shared with the Chicago Tribune in 2006. In 2012, Professor Liebman published “Los Tocayo Carlos” in the Columbia Human Rights Law Review, which concluded that the crime for which Deluna was executed was committed by Carlos Hernandez, a man who was 8 years older than Deluna, with a reputation for carrying a knife and a history of violence against women in his life. Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. Central for a discussion of the evidence against Deluna, his direct appeal and post-conviction claims and his execution. We’ll also talk about Professor Liebman’s study and the basis for his conclusion that Deluna’s conviction resulted from a case of mistaken identity. We’re a live show and calls are welcome. Our phone number is (347) 989-1171.