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More Reaction to World Court Ruling ... And Texas

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State Senator Rodney Ellis and Texas Southern University Law prof Mike Jackson have an OpEd in today's Houston Chronicle, "Perry has chance to show another side of Texas justice."Last Wednesday's decision by the International Court of Justice, the World Court, ordering the stay of the executions of several Mexican inmates in Texas, pending review and reconsideration of their convictions, was the right thing to do. Before Gov. Rick Perry rejects this decision out of hand, he would do well to consider how defiance of the World Court ruling will affect the safety of Americans abroad who rely on the same treaty protections that Texas violated in these cases. Gov. Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles should concur with the World Court and order a reprieve of the executions until those convictions are reviewed and reconsidered...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 22, 2008 (boomark / email).