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World Court Demands Stay of Execution for Avena Inmates: In 2004, the World Court ruled that the United States had violated the Vienna Convention by not allowing 51 arrested Mexican nationals to contact consular officials after their arrest and by invoking procedural default rules against belated assertions of these claims. President Bush issued a directive to state courts to comply with the decision, but in Medellin v. Texas the Supreme Court held that his memorandum had no legally binding force. Five of these murderers are now approaching execution in Texas. Mexico returned to the World Court seeking an injunction. Judge Okays First Gitmo Trial: According to James Vicini's article for Reuters, Salim Hamdan's attorneys argued that the military tribunal should not proceed while they challenge their client's designation as an enemy combatant and the constitutionality of the tribunal system...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on July 17, 2008 (boomark / email).