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U.N. Official Calls for Texas Governor to Block Execution of Mexican National

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U.N. Official Calls for Texas Governor to Block Execution of Mexican National

Published July 01, 2011
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A top United Nations official is urging the governor of Texas to call off the execution of a Mexican national convicted of murder because he was not told of his right for diplomatic advice when he was arrested, according to Reuters.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is calling for Gov. Rick Perry to commute the sentence to life in prison for Humberto Leal Garcia. Garcia was convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl in February 1998.

"The lack of consular assistance and advice raises concerns about whether or not Mr. Leal Garcia's right to a fair trial was fully upheld," Rupert Colville, Pillay's spokesman, told Reuters.

Colville says that Garcia should have been informed that he was allowed diplomatic assistance when he was arrested. He also says this has been a "continuous problem" for the U.S. that authorities fail to inform foreign nationals of their consular rights, according to Reuters.

Several former U.S. law enforcement officials and ex-diplomats appealed last month that Garcia's execution be blocked, arguing it puts the safety of Americans at risk abroad.

But Perry apparently doesn't plan to take his cues from the U.N.

"The governor would have to receive a favorable recommendation from the Board of Pardons and Paroles to consider the clemency requested," a spokesperson for the governor told Reuters.

If Gov. Rick Perry commutes the sentence to life in prison for Humberto Leal Garcia, then he need not apply for the job of United States President!!!!

We need the next POTUS to be pro American!!

Kick the U N out already. They are beyond useless. They protect rapists/murderers...

A top United Nations official is urging the governor of Texas to call off the execution of a Mexican national convicted of murder because he was not told of his right for diplomatic advice when he was arrested, according to Reuters.

Too bad this animal's victim didn't have a chance to call anyone for "diplomatic advice" before she was brutally raped and murdered! This is the human trash Mexico and the UN want to protect, simply because he’s a citizen of Mexico. That’s the ONLY reason! If Mexico does not like our laws, then keep your trash on your side of the border!

I hope this POS burns in hell!

The UN can kiss my red white and blue ASS!

Why are they still on US soil?? KICK EM OUT!!

Administration calls for halt to Texas execution


By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

July 1, 2011

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.

The 38-year-old native of Monterrey, Mexico, wasn't told he could contact the Mexican consulate after his arrest for the murder of Adria Sauceda. His lawyers say police violated an international treaty by not telling Leal he could have consular assistance.

Legislation pending in the Senate would allow federal courts to review cases of condemned foreign nationals to determine if the lack of consular help made a significant difference in the outcome of their cases. Last week, a federal judge refused to delay the execution.

The Supreme Court has previously ruled that states can't be forced to comply with the provisions of treaties without some intervening federal legislation.

The federal government rarely intervenes in state death penalty cases. The thrust of the administration's legal argument deals with the government's international treaty obligations, not Leal's guilt or innocence, or even whether he should ultimately be executed.

"This case implicates United States foreign-policy interests of the highest order," including protecting U.S. citizens abroad and promoting good relations with other countries, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. said. Verrilli, the administration's new chief Supreme Court lawyer, has long represented death row inmates free of charge in his private practice.

State Department legal adviser Harold Koh separately has written Gov. Rick Perry and other Texas officials asking them to step in and put off the execution.

The administration's legal filing was provided by Leal's lawyers. The Justice Department did not immediately comment Friday.

The Mexican government and other countries have joined the legal fight to grant Leal a reprieve.

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.

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Do you suppose Obama would be so quick to intervene if the victim was his daughter Sasha ? How can he stand himself inquiring minds want to know ????

Obama's a globalist tool.

Dixie