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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Volume:
27
Issue:
9
Abstract:
On July 7, 2011, Texas executed a Mexican citizen convicted of rape and murder after the Obama Administration pleaded in vain for a stay on the basis that the defendant was denied assistance from Mexico due to the violation of the Vienna Consular Convention that could have helped him avoid the death penalty...[more]