Mexico appeals to spare citizens on U.S. death row
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We posted this yesterday about Mexico’s appeal to the United Nations to stay the execution of Mexicans on death row, and this report this morning from the Associated Press gives a little more detail about the issue.
Mexico contends the United States is defying a 2004 order by the International Court of Justice to review the cases of 51 condemned Mexican prisoners. That ruling said the inmates had been denied the right to help from their consulate after their arrests. It said the death row prisoners were entitled to a reconsideration of their trials and sentences to determine whether the violation affected their cases.
-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City