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Reaction to World Court Ruling

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A news release has been issued by attorneys involved in the litigation. Here's an extended excerpt: Mexico?s request as a vindication of that institution?s faith in the United States?s political will and ability to enforce the Avena Judgment,? said Donald Francis Donovan of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP,New York, counsel to Mexico and to Medellín.  ?We are confident the United States and the State of Texas will comply with the ICJ?s order and stay the August 5th execution of Mr. Medellín.? According to international law experts, the situation has implications far beyond the individual cases at issue.  Professor Sarah H. Cleveland, Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights and Co-Director of the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School, expressed concern about how U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).