| | |  Americas & Beyond | July 2008 
World Court: U.S. Must Delay Mexican Death Sentences
 Alexandra Hudson - Reuters
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| | This photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Jose Medellin, 33, who was condemned in the gang rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago. His execution date is set for Aug. 5, 2008. Mexico made an emergency appeal to the U.N.'s highest court Thursday to block the execution of its citizens on death row in the U.S. (AP/Texas Department of Criminal Justice) | | |
The Hague - The World Court on Wednesday ordered the United States to do everything necessary to ensure five Mexicans on death row are not executed before the court makes a judgment in a dispute between the two countries.
One of the five on death row, Jose Medellin, is due to die on August 5 in Texas.
In 2004 the World Court found in favor of Mexico and ruled the United States had violated international law by failing to inform 51 Mexicans sentenced to death of their right to consular assistance and ordered the cases should be reviewed.
In 2005 U.S. President George W. Bush directed state courts to do so but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in March that Bush had no authority to do this, leading Texas to schedule Medellin's execution for August. |
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