Thread: Men in `immediate` danger of execution

Men in ‘immediate' danger of execution
June 19, 2008 - 10:23PM
By Jeremy Roebuck, The Monitor
Mexico urged the United Nations' primary court to act quickly Thursday and block the imminent executions of five of its citizens in Texas.



If not, the men - including two sentenced to die for crimes committed in Hidalgo County - could be put to death before the International Court of Justice comes back with a decision on their case, advocates for Mexico argued.



"All of their requests for review were denied," said Sandra Babcock, clinical director for the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University in Chicago. "As a result, they are in immediate danger of being scheduled for execution."



Babcock and others who argued on behalf of Mexico on Thursday said the United States had breached its international obligations by disregarding a previous ruling by the international court.



In 2003, the body ordered states to grant reviews for more than 50 Mexican nationals who were not advised that they could communicate with the nearest consulate after their arrests - a right stipulated in the 1963 Vienna Convention.



As a result, men such as Roberto Moreno Ramos, who in 1992 clubbed his wife and two children over the head with a hammer in Progreso, and Ruben Ramirez Cardenas, who kidnapped, raped and killed an Edinburg teenager in 1997, were not granted every opportunity to defend themselves, Mexico's Foreign Ministry has argued. Consular officials have previously helped uncover mitigating evidence gathered in Mexico in other death penalty cases.



But the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in March that current federal law did not require individual states to adhere to the treaty or the international court's decisions.



Since then, Texas has scheduled one of the men for execution Aug. 5. Dates for four others, including Moreno and Ramirez, could be set within 90 days, Babcock said Thursday.



"(The) Mexican nationals have no greater chance of receiving stays of execution and meaningful review and reconsideration than they did before (the international court) issued its historic judgment," she said.



The United States was also scheduled to present arguments before the international judges Thursday. As of late evening, though, transcripts of those proceedings were not available.



Critics of Mexico's efforts have previously maintained that any decision the court makes is unlikely to further delay the executions.



Moreno and Ramirez remain housed in Texas prisons, but so far local authorities have not moved to set dates for their deaths.





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International Court of Justice

Pure NWO . Trying to subrogate a U.S States Sovereignty .

But the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in March that current federal law did not require individual states to adhere to the treaty or the international court's decisions.

This road has already been traveled. Why is Babcock wasting the courts time with this?

Blowing smoke perhaps?