Honduras Pleads for Lives of 2 on Death Row
Honduras has asked Gov. Rick Perry to spare the lives of two of its citizens on Texas’ death row, saying its consulate wasn’t properly notified about the charges the men were facing.
Honduran Consul General Lastenia Pineda made the request on behalf of Heliberto Chi, 25, and Carlos Manuel Ayestas, 34.
The action came a day after the same apparent breach of international law prompted Oklahoma’s governor to commute the death sentence of a convicted murderer from Mexico, Osbaldo Torres. Torres was one of 51 Mexicans on death row nationwide cited in a March 31 ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.
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