Posted on 07/11/2008 6:29:08 AM PDT by Abathar
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The World Court said on Friday it will rule next week on a Mexican request that it seek a delay of the imminent U.S. executions of five of its citizens, who Mexico argues were denied consular assistance.
One of the five on death row, Jose Medellin, is due to die on August 5 in Texas, prompting Mexico to make its petition last month for urgent action.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will issue its decision on July 16.
The ICJ in The Hague ruled in 2004 that the United States had violated international law by failing to inform 51 Mexicans on death row of their right to consular assistance and said the cases should be reviewed.
Mexico opposes the U.S. death penalty and the issue has strained relations between the two neighbors.
In 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush, a staunch defender of the death penalty, directed state courts to review the 51 cases following the World Court's ruling, saying the United States must adhere to its international treaty obligations.
But the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in March that Bush overstepped his authority when he directed Texas to comply with the ICJ's ruling and reopen the case against Medellin.
A gang member, Medellin was denied the right to meet with a consular official from Mexico after his arrest for the June 1993 rape and murder of two teenage girls in Houston. The killings were linked to a gang initiation.
Under the Vienna Convention, foreign nationals have a right to talk to consular officers after their arrests.
Texas has acknowledged Medellin was never told he could talk to Mexican officials. But it has argued that claim cannot be made now because he never raised it at trial or sentencing.
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I would savor that moment!
The international community has no jurisdiction here.
Have a nice day.
Just hang the bastards now.
CHESTY!
"Blow it out your @ss! We are 1 state againt the whole world and there aint a damn thing you can do about it!"
ping
“One of the five on death row, Jose Medellin, is due to die on August 5 in Texas, prompting Mexico to make its petition last month for urgent action.”
They should hang them all - now - hang them high and hang them facing Mexico City on the border.
The proper response from any President would be “The World Court has made its decision. Let’s see them enforce it. “
DOES INTERNATIONAL LAW REQUIRE A PERSON TO ENTER ANOTHER COUNTRY LEGALLY AND IS IT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW TO RAPE, TORTURE AND MURDER CITIZENS OF ANOTHER COUNTRY?
Mexico and Islam are very similar. They are both cancers and parasites
Globalism alert!
OK, if “World Court” judges want to exempt murdering and raping Mexican nationals from our laws, said judges get to put up murderers and rapists in their homes with their children. Mmm-kay ?
So what? Let a consular official talk to him. Then fry him!
Mexico - enemy nation.
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