Clemency Recommended for Torres
by TChris
Mexico has long maintained that Mexicans who commit crimes in the United States should not be executed when the U.S. failed to notify them of their right to request assistance from the Mexican consul, as the Vienna Convention requires. A recent ruling from the United Nations International Court of Justice supports that claim.
Mexico pressed its position before the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board today in the case of Osbaldo Torres. Torres is scheduled to die on May 18. In a rare victory for international relations, however, the Board recommended clemency for Torres. His fate is now in the hands of Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry.
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