Clemency Denied for Condemned Mexican
From Times Wire Reports
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles removed one of the last barriers to the execution of Mexican citizen Miguel Angel Flores by denying his request for clemency on grounds that Texas had violated an international treaty. Flores, 31, is set to die by lethal injection today for the 1989 rape and murder of college student Angela Tyson, but the pending punishment has drawn opposition from Mexico and several other countries.
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