Governor Urged to Spare Life of Mexican Inmate
From Times Wire Reports
Under pressure from the world court, an Oklahoma board recommended the governor spare the life of a death row inmate from Mexico who said he was denied his right to contact his consulate after his arrest.
Osbaldo Torres, 29, is slated to be put to death by injection May 18 for the slaying of an Oklahoma City couple during a burglary in 1993.
Torres is one of 51 Mexicans on death row across the country who were cited in a March 31 ruling by the International Court of Justice in the Hague.
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