http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...tes-mexican-national-despite-opposition?lite= Personally, I don't see why the Mexican govt. is venting their spleen over this guy as his guilt seems cut and dried. Nor do I see why American citizens overseas have any reason to expect to be treated worse as John Kerry seems to worry about. If you commit murder overseas you should be subject to the laws of that country.
When I spent 5 years in Japan, one of the first things they told us was we would be subject to Japanese laws and punishment.
Doesn't Texas do this regularly? I remember a few years ago there was a row about some Mexican. Mexico enlisted the World Court and even GWB (ironic considering his large execution record when he was Texas governor) in an attempt to save his life. Texas whacked him anyway.
It looks like part of the protest isn't just that he isn't a citizen, but because they say he was mentally handicapped. Now, keping in mind I oppose the death penalty on account of prosecutorial misconduct: If the purpose of the death penalty is to permanently remove someone who is a proven danger to society, his state of mind doesn't matter.
Mexico has every right to be concerned about human rights being violated, and should bring pressure to bear as necessary so that it stops. This goes for all such abuses, including everywhere that practices the death penalty worldwide.
It's a Catholic thing. They do not have execution as a punishment in Mexico and instead people are sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole which is also the law in all EU and Latin American countries. So they're saying he is guilty, he should be punished, but that execution is barbaric. It's pretty straight forwards really.
Calling opposition to the death penalty a "Catholic thing" is laughable. Catholics historically have been the most enthusiastic, gratuitous, obscene executioners and torturers. They executed tens of thousands for "heresy" "witchcraft" and various other types of idiocy. They invented all sorts of horrible crap for the Spanish Inquisition. They burned masses of people at the stake. They would probably still do it if they could get away with it. Even into the 20th century... They were in bed with Hitler and the Nazis and knew full well the holocaust was in progress. The abolition of capital punishment in many countries has been in spite of the Roman Catholic Church, not because of it.
Putting aside the argument over the death penalty the rest of your statement is stupid. Have you ever seen Mexican prisons? Look them up. When they clean up that shit then they will have the right to complain and be concerned about human right "abuses" in America.
I love how Derp funeral has ignored the last 200 years of Catholic doctrine and instead concentrates on stuff from the middle ages. I'm not even Catholic but even I can see he's a moron.
And that he wasn't afforded consular council, at least not as early as was his right. But again, that's what you get with DP cases: The procedure becomes about bloodlust rather than a fair trial.
I oppose the death penalty, but that's not really the issue here. If the man was lawfully tried in Texas, he should receive the penalty stipulated by Texas legal code. That said, Mexico should certainly advocate for its citizens. Not really sure why there would be any controversy about how anybody acted in this case.
Committing a murder and getting away with it is not a human right. Tamayo was found guilty of murder; his human rights were not violated.
What's with Texas, anyway? Can their elected officials not get erections unless the state is executing someone?
