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Court to Rule on Mexico Bid to Halt U.S. Executions

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That's the title of a Reuters report from Amsterdam.  It refers to the International Court of Justice, also know as the World Court.   LINK The World Court said on Friday it will rule next week on a Mexican request that it seek a delay of the imminent U.S. executions of five of its citizens, who Mexico argues were denied consular assistance.     One of the five on death row, Jose Medellin, is due to die on August 5 in Texas, prompting Mexico to make its petition last month for urgent action. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will issue its decision on July 16. The ICJ in The Hague ruled in 2004 that the United States had violated international law by failing to inform 51 Mexicans on death row of their right to consular assistance and said the cases should be reviewed...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 11, 2008 (boomark / email).