Canadian Objections Can’t Halt Execution
From Times Wire Reports
A former auto mechanic who killed a woman during a 1975 burglary was executed in Huntsville, Texas, becoming the first Canadian to be put to death in the U.S. since 1952. Joseph Stanley Faulder, 61, didn’t deny killing 75-year-old Inez Phillips. His attorneys argued his conviction was tainted because he wasn’t told after his arrest that under international law he could seek legal help from Canadian authorities. The Canadian government supported his appeals.
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