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This statement by the State Department is not true

This statement by the State Department is not true:1. The United States government had an obligation to intervene in thelatest request to the Supreme Court for a Stay, which it failed andrefused to do.2. The USG could have entered into an international executive agreementwith Mexico resolving this dispute one way or another, which then couldhave been enforced against the State of Texas by the US Supreme Courtunder the Belmont and Pink Cases.Fab.Francis A. BoyleLaw Building504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.Champaign, IL 61820 USA217-333-7954 (phone)217-244-1478 (fax)fboyle@law.uiuc.edu(personal comments only)Subject: US says it can't intervene in Mexican'sexecutionUS says it can't intervene in Mexican's executionAugust 5, 2008WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US State Department insisted Tuesday that itdid all it could to stop the execution of a Mexican man by the stateof Texas but could not intervene, after UN chief Ban Ki-moon urgedWashington to stay the execution...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on August 06, 2008 (boomark / email).