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World Court: U.S. Must Delay Mexican Death Sentences

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That's the Reuters headline of the ruling by the International Court of Justice.  LINKThe World Court on Wednesday ordered the United States to do everything necessary to ensure five Mexicans on death row are not executed before the court makes a judgment in a dispute between the two countries.     One of the five on death row, Jose Medellin, is due to die on August 5 in Texas. In 2004 the World Court found in favor of Mexico and ruled the United States had violated international law by failing to inform 51 Mexicans sentenced to death of their right to consular assistance and ordered the cases should be reviewed. In 2005 U.S. President George W. Bush directed state courts to do so but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in March that Bush had no authority to do this, leading Texas to schedule Medellin's execution for August...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).