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Graham, now known as Shaka Sankofa, has gained support from actor Danny Glover and activist Al Sharpton

VIDEO CNN's Greta Van Susteren talks to Texas death row inmate Gary Graham about his scheduled execution QuickTime Play Real 28K 80K Windows Media 28K 80K

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Death row inmate Gary Graham says Texas will execute an innocent man based on "flimsy evidence"

June 12, 2000
Web posted at: 3:16 p.m. EST (1916 GMT)

(CNN) -- In an online interview, Texas death row inmate Gary Graham tells CNN Legal Analyst Greta Van Susteren that he is innocent of the 1981 murder of Bobby Grant Lambert outside a Houston Safeway. He says his court-appointed trial lawyer failed to present a "mountain of evidence" during his two-day trial.

Graham, who is also known as Shaka Sankofa, admits to 10 aggravated robberies during the week of the murder, including shooting and seriously wounding at least one victim. But he says he is scheduled to be executed June 22 for a murder he did not commit.

Graham's life is now in the hands of Gov. George W. Bush and the Texas pardons board. According to a Bush spokesperson, Bush can accept or refuse a recommendation from the board to commute Graham's sentence or delay his execution, but if the board votes to carry out the execution, the governor "has no options" to stop it.

CNN Legal Analyst Greta Van Susteren is Law Center Chief Legal Adviser and co-host of 'Burden of Proof'