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Mexico Buys Death Defense

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That's the title of an article in today's Denver Post.  LINKWhen a Houston jury recently refused to sentence a Mexican citizen to death for gunning down a Houston police officer, it sparked an uproar in Texas, where in recent years convicted killers have been executed about every other week. The uproar was partly fueled by the fact that the government of Mexico had paid to protect defendant Juan Quintero's life by hiring several prominent American death-penalty lawyers, including noted Denver civil-rights attorney David Lane. The case brought the first widespread publicity to a campaign Mexico is waging to protect the lives of its citizens. The Mexican government doesn't recognize the death penalty or even a life sentence without parole...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 28, 2008 (boomark / email).