A Bigger Question
by TChris
Whether a foreign citizen has a meaningful remedy when a state or local government fails to comply with the Vienna Convention, which requires the government to notify him of his right to seek assistance from his consulate, is a question the Supreme Court will soon resolve. This unusually insightful Washington Post editorial argues that the notification issue is less important than the actual innocence of Mario Bustillo, one of the men who brought the issue to the Court.
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