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U.S., Mexico Clash Again in Court Over Executions

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That's the title of Marcia Coyle's report in National Law Journal on last week's World Court session.  It's subtitled, "Mexico seeks to delay executions, claiming U.S. in default on treaties."Lawyers for the United States and Mexico are back in the International Court of Justice over Mexico's unusual request for an order to delay the imminent executions of five Mexican nationals on Texas' death row because the United States remains in default of its treaty obligations. The International Court, commonly known as the ICJ or the World Court, began two days of arguments on June 19 on Mexico's formal request for an "interpretation" of the court's 2004 ruling, called the Avena judgment. In the meantime, Mexico has asked the court to take "any and all steps necessary" to prevent the execution of its citizens, 50 of whom are on state death rows, and one of whom ? Jose Medellin ? is scheduled for execution in Texas on Aug...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 23, 2008 (boomark / email).