Why did Mexico, the World Court and President Bush want to stop the execution of an illegal who raped and

Question

killed 2 teenage girls and then bragged about it? Who is the World Court to rule on this anyway?

Answer 1

If Bush wanted to stop it he would have simply pardoned the guy, which obviously didn't happen.

Answer 2

they were probably just testing it

Answer 3

It's called politics.  Because Mexico has a long history of reusing to return illegals who commit crimes in the US, then go back to Mexico. Mexico does not have the death penalty, so they refuse to extradite the criminals back to the U.S. who willl be facing it. If the US guarantees no death penalty, we will get a lot more back here for prosecution.........

Answer 4

Because they were not there daughters!!!  These people do not live in the real world!!!!!!

Answer 5

the World Court and many Western nations (including Mexico)  are philosophically opposed to capital punishment....so they're just being consistent with their beliefs.  I personally don't agree, but  that's their right.

As Governor of Texas, Bush oversaw more executions than fat guys going through the drive through at Hardees...so he obviously has no problem with the concept.

As President, however, he must be mindful of foreign relations and act on a "larger" scope.  Keep in mind that thousands of criminals, some for capital offenses, flee across the border to Mexico every year.  Our policy on capital punishment is a primary roadblock for getting those criminals extradited to face justice here in the U.S.

It is already difficult enough to get Mexico to extradite criminals.  Imagine if our President and State Department adopted a "Let 'Em Fry" attitude.  They'd basically be telling all the victims of all those criminals "sorry, you'll never get your day in court..."

Answer 6

Because the US signed a treaty saying that foreign nationals arrested in the US would be provided with the right to contact their home country's consulate, and Texas failed to give him this right.

Don't you love it how we ignore treaties we sign and then complain when other countries do so?

Answer 7

because they are all corrupt!  

Answer 8

uh actually the only one that wanted to stop it was the guy getting executed... he wrote the letters, everyone just read em... that's all

Answer 9

Politics run deep.

Answer 10

I really enjoyed how the AP story reported that the execution was done in "defiance" of the World Court, as if the World Court has even the slightest bit of authority in this case.

Answer 11

Exactly, Nicole! I'll tell you who it is. It is liberalism run amok and it is incrementally destroying good everywhere it rears its ugly head.

I'm a Texan and we don't mess around when it comes time to exacting punishment on those who deserve it.

Those two girls did absolutely NOTHING to deserve being tortured, raped and killed.  I'd have personally injected the rat myself.

I give great kudos to our governor (whom I don't always agree with) on not backing down.

Answer 12

It just politics and principle.  Trying to establish legal protocols and ensure they are carried out and understood.

I'm not an avocate of the death penalty, but in a situation like this where he has admitted it, and it's brutality, I cannot understand why it took 15 years.  I can empathize with the families as I have a 13 YO daugther.