Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Supreme Court: Texas Law Trumps International Court & Bush

Today the Supreme Court ruled in MEDELLIN v. TEXAS that Texas (and all the other states) do not need not provide new hearings to Mexican citizens on death row who were not told they could obtain consular help when arrested, as is required by the “Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Vienna Convention or Convention).”Here’s the...

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