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the feds will do what they always do,probably threaten to cut off highway funds or something to get them to comply. they do that to CO all the time and our state caves almost every time. can still ride a motorcycle with no helmet for now
TX will not cave they are a border state and deal with terrible crimes all the time dont know if this man is illegal betting that he is though. Border states are standing tall and doing their job.
Want his case overturned in a higher court because things weren't done properly?
Perhaps this would be a good time for the federal government (Obama in particular) to remember who they are employed to represent and stop signing treaties that violate the Constitution by usurping State's rights while protect the interests of murdering rapists from other countries and ignoring the well being of their own citizens.
obama can execute people all around the world with drones and bombs without even a trial and conviction but whines when it is done legally under the law. what an idiot
Is it your strange and convoluted belief that as the chief law enforcement official the President of the United States is not responsible of both ensuring the constitutional rights of individuals within the jurisdiction of the United States and that with regards to U.S. treaty obligation is not required to ensure that they are adhered to? And, considering Texas' record of prosecutorial misconduct, incompetent expert testimony, and utter failure at providing anything approaching competent attorneys for capital cases, it would be reprehensible for the chief executive to not step in.
It is not up to our president to interfere with such things he needs to do the job he was elected to do and keep his nose out of state issues!
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration took the unusual step Friday of asking the Supreme Court to stop Texas from executing a Mexican citizen convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl. The administration said the court should delay the planned July 7 execution of Humberto Leal for up to six months to give Congress time to consider legislation that would directly affect Leal's case.
Police discovered Sauceda's nude body on a dirt road in San Antonio in May 1994. Evidence showed she had been raped, bitten and strangled. A large stick that had a screw protruding from it was left in her body.
Among other evidence, the bite mark was matched to Leal. Her bloody blouse was found at Leal's home. She and Leal had been attending a party not far from where she was found.
This is about violating an International Treaty, not guilt or innocence.
The 38-year-old native of Monterrey wasn't told he could contact the Mexican Consulate after his arrest in the murder of Adria Sauceda. His lawyers say police violated an international treaty by not telling Leal he could have consular assistance.
obama can execute people all around the world with drones and bombs without even a trial and conviction but whines when it is done legally under the law. what an idiot
good point.
i see we are starting up "naval exercises" in the sulu sea now:
like i said, trying somehow to start something with somebody somewhere......
i wish we had a president who concentrated on PROTECTING americans- not putting them in harm's way, and not intervening on behalf of foreign nationals who kill our citizens, etc.
obama is acting on behalf of the mexican government, as usual:
The Mexican government has joined the legal fight to spare a Mexican national from execution in Texas next week.
Monterrey, Mexico, native Humberto Leal faces lethal injection July 7 in Huntsville for the 1994 rape-slaying of a 16-year-old San Antonio girl.
A petition from the Mexican government accompanies an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court from Leal's attorneys Tuesday.
They contend the lethal injection should be blocked because Leal wasn't told he could contact the Mexican consulate for legal help after his arrest in the death of Adria Sauceda. An attorney for the Mexican government says the execution would call into question the United States' ability and willingness to comply with its treaty commitments.
.....like they respect our rules.
like i said before, we need to just build some cannons and fire them back across the border. that would solve the problem.
obama can execute people all around the world with drones and bombs without even a trial and conviction but whines when it is done legally under the law. what an idiot
yeah, god forbid we follow the letter of the law in death row cases.
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