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Split outcome in World Court assessment of US death penalty involving foreign nationals

By Douglas A. Berman

This AP article provides the highlights of a new ruling from the World Court concerning the administration of the death penalty in the US.  Here are the details: The International Court of Justice ruled Monday that the United States defied its order last year when authorities in Texas executed a Mexican convicted of rape and murder. The U.N.'s highest court said the U.S. remains obliged to review the cases of about 50 other Mexicans on death row because they were denied access to their consulate after they were arrested. But it rejected Mexico's request that Washington guarantee that each case will be reviewed and reconsidered. Both Mexico and the United States said they were satisfied with elements of the decision. "It was a mixed result," said John Bellinger III, the legal adviser to the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 19, 2009 (boomark / email).