BBC News - Texas execution 'violated international law', UN says: "The US breached international law when the state of Texas executed a Mexican citizen convicted of raping and killing an American girl, the UN's senior human rights official has said.
Navi Pillay cited 'particular legal concerns' whether Humberto Leal Garcia, 38, had access to consular officials and a fair trial.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also said she was 'disappointed' that Texas carried out the lethal injection."
Saturday, July 9, 2011
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