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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Stay for Condemned Mexican Denied Consular Notification; Execution Follows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 105 , Issue 4 , October 2011 , pp. 784 - 785
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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References

1 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, Apr. 24,1963,21 UST 77,596 UNTS261; see Liptak, Adam, Texas Is Pressed to Spare a Mexican Citizen Days Away from Execution, N.Y. Times, June 28, 2011 Google Scholar, at Al 5.

2 Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mex. v. U.S.), 2004 ICJ Rep. 12 (Mar. 31).

3 Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 99 AJIL 489 (2005)Google Scholar.

4 Medellín v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008); see Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 102 AJIL 860 (2008)Google Scholar.

5 See U.S. Dep’t of Justice Press Release, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz of the Criminal Division Speaks Before the Senate Judiciary Committee (July 27, 2011), at http://www.justice.gov/criminal/pr/testimony/2011/crm-testimony-l 10727.html.

6 Editorial, Access Denied, Wash. Post, July 13, 2011, at A14; see John B. Bellinger III, A Treaty Congress Shouldn’t Ignore, Wash. Post, Mar. 4, 2011, at A17.

7 Ukman, Jason, Obama Administration Asks Court for Stay in Texas, Wash. Post, July 7, 2011 Google Scholar, at A11.

8 Leal Garcia v. Texas, 131 S.Ct. 2866, 2867-68 (2011) (per curiam).

9 Id. at 2868-69 (Breyer, J., dissenting).

10 Liptak, Adam, Mexican Citizen Is Executed As Justices Refuse to Step In, N.Y. Times, July 8, 2011 Google Scholar, at A15.

11 Ukman, Jason, U.S. Execution Prompts Diplomatic Uproar, . Post, July 9, 2011 Google Scholar, at A2.