Criminal Law

Mexico sues U.S. in World Court to stay executions of Mexican citizens
By ARTHUR MAX ? June 5, 2008  AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) ? Mexico appealed to the U.N.’s highest court Thursday to block the executions of Mexicans in the United States, arguing U...

"Mexico asks World Court to halt U.S. executions"
The headline for this post comes from the headline to this Reuters piece. Here are some specifics from the start of the article: Mexico asked the World Court on Thursday to take urgent steps to stop imminent U...

Mexico asks World Court to halt U.S. executions
Reuters reports: Mexico asked the World Court on Thursday to take urgent steps to stop imminent U.S. executions of five Mexicans on death row who were denied their rights to consular assistance...

Mexico ex-drug lord returns to Mexico after release from US prison
[JURIST] Mexican drug lord Francisco Rafael Arellano-Felix was released from a US prison Tuesday and has returned to Mexico, according to a source at the Mexican Attorney General's office [official website, in Spanish]...

New Mexico Still Coming In
Super Tuesday isn't over yet. New Mexico is extremely close and returns continue to come in.Up until about 25 minutes ago, Obama had a lead of 71 votes. Out of about 140,000 cast.But no more...

JoCo rape suspect extradited from Mexico
From Joe Lambe: A man accused of sexually attacking two Leawood women four years ago and then fleeing to Mexico had his first court appearance today in Johnson County District Court...

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