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Texas shrugs in response to World Court call for execution stays

By Douglas A. Berman

As well covered yesterday by SCOTUSblog and DPIC, yesterday the World Court issued a ruling calling for a stop to five scheduled Texas executions.  Here are the basics on the ruling from SCOTUSblog:Acting on a claim by Mexico?s government that the U.S. government has not done enough to assure the treaty rights of Mexican nationals facing execution for murders in the U.S., the World Court on Wednesday ordered the U.S. ? by a 7-5 vote ? to stop five imminent executions in Texas. Leaving it up to the U.S. to choose the way to carry out the order, the international tribunal ? formally, the International Court of Justice that sits in The Hague, Netherlands ? told the U.S. only to ?take all measures necessary to ensure? that Texas does not execute five individuals on its death row...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 17, 2008 (boomark / email).