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Well, they (the U.N. and others) are thinking it violated his right to a fair trial. That's kind of important don't ya think?
Do you have a citation showing he said he was a u.s. citizen and the point in time when he said he wasn't actually a citizen, or did he just never state he was a Mexican citizen to the authorities and his citizenship was assumed by the police/prosecutors? This has happened in other cases.
Well, they (the U.N. and others) are thinking it violated his right to a fair trial. That's kind of important don't ya think?
Do you have a citation showing he said he was a u.s. citizen and the point in time when he said he wasn't actually a citizen, or did he just never state he was a Mexican citizen to the authorities and his citizenship was assumed by the police/prosecutors? This has happened in other cases.
Well, the SCOTUS ruled against him.
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The Supreme Court earlier denied a stay of execution for the convicted killer, despite opposition from the Obama administration and the Mexican government.
Apparently, his defense team didn’t even know he was a Mexican National.
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The state argued that Leal -- who has lived in the United States since age 2 -- never revealed his Mexican citizenship at the time of arrest, and his defense team never raised the consular access issue at or before trial.
What, all of this representation, yet no appeal?
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Eventually, between 2010 and 2011, Leal was visited by a representative of the Mexican government more than 10 times, said Judy Garces, press relations spokeswoman with the Mexican Consulate in San Antonio.
Does this sound like an “innocent” man?
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"I am sorry for everything I have done," Leal said at the Huntsville facility before he was executed. "I have hurt a lot of people. Let this be final and be done. I take the full blame for this."
Yeah, nowhere in that stuff quoted do you address my question. You have been saying he lied and said he was a U.S. citizen. Are you going to actually provide proof of this? What you've quoted so far simply shows that he didn't let the police know he was a Mexican citizen at the time of arrest (you guys would have had him pegged for an illegal right away). That's not the same as actually telling the authorities that he was a U.S. citizen and if that's the case, he wasn't informed of his right to consular access either.
Yeah, nowhere in that stuff quoted do you address my question. You have been saying he lied and said he was a U.S. citizen. Are you going to actually provide proof of this?
All I can do is shake my head in disbelief. Sure, he told them he was a Mexican national, and everyone, including his defense team ignored him.
It’s funny, had they actually inquired about his immigration status at the time of his arrest, they would have been accused of racial profiling; and the ACLU, La Raza, MALDEF, et al. would have filed a multi-million dollar discrimination lawsuit.
So, by your reasoning anyone discussing this case simply noting that he didn't receive what he lawfully deserved, without mentioning any opinion about anything else, is putting him above the victim? Mkay. That's some solid leaping and bounding to get to your completely made up conclusions.
The only reason I am talking about it at all is because it again points out the elephant in the room.
Dude, didn't you know that the concept of due process was started by rapist and murderer sympathizers?
All I can do is shake my head in disbelief. Sure, he told them he was a Mexican national, and everyone, including his defense team ignored him.
It’s funny, had they actually inquired about his immigration status at the time of his arrest, they would have been accused of racial profiling; and the ACLU, La Raza, MALDEF, et al. would have filed a multi-million dollar discrimination lawsuit.
So that's a no on providing any source for your made up stuff I guess.
So that's a no on providing any source for your made up stuff I guess.
Simple common sense. He either pretended to be a U.S. citizen, or he told them he was a Mexican national. Since we know he did NOT tell them he was a Mexican national, it only leaves one possibility. Use your head.
Wrong. He could have said nothing at all and just went along for the ride because he didn't understand his rights and no one asked him his status. Of course that 3rd option is impossible. SIMPLE COMMON SENSE!
It's funny how you can make whole arguments relying on something you can't provide proof of that we are supposed to just assume because it's 'SIMPLE COMMON SENSE!', yet gov't studies aren't stringent enough to make you accept commonly accepted facts.
Wrong. He could have said nothing at all and just went along for the ride because he didn't understand his rights...
Why is it that people who aren't American citizens always seem to have rights that are supposed to be guaranteed to those who are?
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