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Originally Posted by Aramike
If an US citizen brutally raped and murdered a teen abroad I have no problem with that nation putting him to death. Sorry.
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Mike, I don't think they are arguing against that. Their point is, in this case, the Mexican was arrested and tried and he didn't tell them he was a Mexican national until after the trial, so they didn't call the Mexican counsel and set up someone from that body to defend him.
Texas is not bound by a foreign court's ruling. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that
the treaty was not binding on the states and that the president does not have the authority to order states to review cases of the then 51 foreign nationals on death row in the U.S.
So, that's it. Obviously, the US Supreme Court says the International Court of Justice, has no authority in the US. That's good enough for me, I'm an American citizen, not an "International citizen." The treaty is not binding, and therefore was not violated.