Administration Asks Court To Halt Execution Of Mexican National In Texas

kwtx.com ^ | 7/1/2011 | kwtx

[tutstar]

The Obama administration is taking the unusual step of asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Texas from executing a Mexican citizen who was convicted and sentenced to die for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl.

The administration is asking the court to delay the July 7 execution of Humberto Leal, 38, for as long as six months to give Congress time to consider legislation that would directly affect Leal's case.

[txmissy]

The request for a stay was rejected by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.

[tutstar]

yeah really!

[Vigilanteman]

If I were in charge of the Texas prison system, I'd announce that we'd comply to the administration's request by releasing the POS into the general prison population.

Then, I'd arrange for the guards to take a break when he was out of his cell.

If this crap keeps up, Jeffrey Dahmer style executions are going to become a lot more common.

[tutstar]

How abut we all call the white house or

#askobama on twitter?

ZERO is having a twitter townhall today.

[tutstar]

“AMERICANS to White House: Kiss My Grits!”

[DBrow]

And yesterday Mexico mentioned that they’d like to extradite and subpoena Obama Admin people who were involved in Gunrunner and Fast and Furious. No connection here. None.

[harpu]

How does it get to the Supreme Court without being heard in the lower courts?!?

This is OBozo playing the political game against those who believe in the law, as its written, and not as the left chooses to interpret it.

[HKMk23]

LOL! Yeah, that , too, but Texans are hard to beat when it comes to telling FedGov to stick it where the sun don’t shine.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

The poor kid this piece of crap raped and murdered was Hispanic.

Any verification that she, too, was an illegal immigrant?

[FrankR]

"Leal, a native of Monterrey, Mexico, wasn't told he could contact the Mexican consulate after his arrest."

We used to have a saying in corporate America, "If it's not in writing, it didn't happen.".

I'm not a lawyer, but is there no standard form that people must sign in law that states that they have been "told" things, like reading their rights or contacting Consulates?

Is there no checklist to insure that nothing is missed along the line to allow these thugs to get out on a technicality 16 years later?

Is there anyone around from 16 years ago who could testify as to what the guy was told, and what he was not told. Then, you have the language barrier involved.

This is nothing but pandering to the hispanics by obama to shore up his ratings for election.

Now, he wants to wait for a law to be passed by Congress what would exonerate the perp? Is it a retroactive law from 16 years ago?

Will the technicality law bring the 16-year-old girl back to life.

[farmguy]

The request for a stay was rejected by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.

I wonder how much obama getting involved influenced that decision. (I suspect it may have sealed the deal)

[musicman]

"Administration Asks Court To Halt Execution Of Mexican National In Texas"

[Vaquero]

[Rannug]

I hope it is the one in the middle of your hand, palm facing you.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Death penalty.

[Mac n Jac]

This POS lived here since he was 2 years old thanks to his illegle parents. He can speak English just fine and doubtful he considered himself a Mexican national. We could always just send him back via the back ramp of a C130 at about 16k feet. How his native soil welcomes him back would be his problem.

[momtothree]

I truly don’t know how parents cope with something like this. If it had been my child, I will confess honestly that I think I would have to be institutionalized. The knowledge of my child being raped, bitten, a stick shoved into her, and smashed in the head would be the end of me. Personally, I would volunteer to pull the lever, push the button... whatever is done to end it for this guy.

[Semper911]

This is not breaking news. It is from last Friday, and Texas has already responded with a big FUBO.

The dude is going to be executed tomorrow. Good riddance.

[Michael Barnes]

What is wrong with this bunch in power?

They are corrupt and compromised.
My bet is Mexican political back channels are testing this "bunch". "Halt this execution or your illegal gun operation into Mexico will become quite a problem for you.."
Mexico gets this; Mexico has got him. Bam is going to push for it but go "aww shucks; Sorry Mexico; I tried, its those racist American Judges that stifled this; NOT ME!!"

Any takers on this theory?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Humberto Leal Garcia has been in the U.S. since he was two. BUT 17 years ago, when he was arrested and charged with the brutal murder of 16 year old Adria Sauceda, the prosecutors were supposed to call the Mexican consulate?

Humberto Leal Garcia, right, is shown with anti-death penalty advocate Germain Corbin is shown in this June 6, 2011 photo. Leal is set to be executed in Texas for the 1994 kidnapping and rape of a 16-year-old girl. (Cortesia/Notimex/Newscom)

July 6, 2011 -- ABC News: Mexican National Set for Execution in Texas Despite Obama's Pleas for Delay ...."Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Attorney General Eric H. Holder praised the proposed legislation saying in a letter to Leahy it is of "fundamental importance to our ability to protect Americans overseas and preserve some of our most vital international relationships." .....

Long silent family of victim speaks ....."The South San newspaper is folded to reveal a specific ad on a page's bottom corner. "In memory of Adria Sauceda," it begins. Her dates of birth and death — Jan. 27, 1978, and May 21, 1994 — are in small type near the end.

"I look at that every day," Sauceda, 64, said as his fingers smoothed the pages. "Her friends paid to have that put in the paper. She had so many friends."....