Hon. (?) Rick Perry
‘In a 5-to-4 decision that split along ideological lines, the Supreme Court on Thursday evening rebuffed a request from the Obama administration that it stay the execution of a Mexican citizen on death row in Texas. The inmate, Humberto Leal Garcia Jr., was executed about an hour later.
The administration had asked the court to delay the execution so that Congress might consider recently introduced legislation that would provide fresh hearings on whether the rights of Mr. Leal and about 50 other Mexican citizens on death row in the United States had been violated.’ (via NYTimes.com).
The Obama administration asserted that this execution makes us international scofflaws, as a signatory to the Vienna Conventions. This is one of the most broadly accepted international agreements, guaranteeing right of consular access to all who are arrested in a foreign country. So what will happen to the next American hiker who wanders over the Iranian border and is detained on espionage charges? But at least Texas Gov. Rick Perry bolsters his Presidential candidacy cred.
