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Because the UN was dead wrong. NEWS RELEASE: Leal execution did not violate intl law The United States did not violate international law when Texas executed murderer/rapist/torturer Humberto Leal (Garcia), in the case of precious 16 year old Adria Sauceda. "(Adria's) head (was) battered by a 30- to 40-pound chunk of asphalt and evidence that she had been bitten, strangled and raped.

A large stick that had a screw protruding from it was left in her body (vagina)." (1) From the Intl. Court of Justice (ICJ) decision (2): The ICJ stated that the taking authority (the US) could provide "BY MEANS OF ITS OWN CHOOSING" (2) (my emphasis), "review and reconsideration of the convictions and sentences of the Mexican nationals" (2) subject to the Vienna Convention (3). That is precisely what Texas did.

Therefore, there is no violation of the law, but an adherence to it. Furthermore, Texas handled this case exactly as the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled: In June 2006, the SCOTUS ruled that foreign nationals who were not notified of their right to consular notification and access after an arrest may not use the treaty violation to suppress evidence obtained in police interrogation or belatedly raise legal challenges after trial (Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon.).

In March 2008, the SCOTUS further ruled that the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) directing the United States to give "review and reconsideration" to the cases of 51 Mexican convicts on death row WAS NOT A BINDING DOMESTIC LAW (my emphasis) and therefore could not be used to overcome state procedural default rules that barred further post-conviction challenges (Medellín v. Texas). Regarding the Vienna Convention: 1) the Vienna Convention required the taking (arresting) authority to tell the arrested foreign national "you may contact your consular office, if you wish."

This was Texas' only violation. Leal did not identify himself as a foreign nation until long after his arrest. Not surprising, as he had lived in the US since he was 1 1/2 and his parents were legal residents.

NOTE: many wrongly report Texas denied consular access to those arrested. Not true. Leal and his attorneys could have contacted the consulate at any time.

His crime is irrelevant; it's his punishment at issue. Human rights apply to everyone equally, and neither the USA, nor it's citizens, are further above international law then any other nation or people; yet in practice they have been. The UN should issue warrants for the arrest of Bush and his cohorts, but the US already gets special treatment; though not special enough for some.

Besides, most of the first world has learned corporal punishment is not necessary, it's not even cheaper, it's merely the preference of vengeful reactionaries trained to dehumanize others and so be fine with state sponsored murder.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.