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World Court: U.S. Must Stay 3 Executions
by Elonka at 4:35 pm EST, Feb 5, 2003 |
] When the suit was filed last month, the United States
] argued that granting Mexico's request for a stay of all
] executions would be an unwarranted intrusion on the U.S.
] criminal justice system and U.S. sovereignty. I smell hypocrisy here. On the one hand, we've got U.S. diplomats saying that Iraq has to submit to the will of the United Nations, but when the U.N.'s World Court rules about something in the U.S., the cry goes up that it's an intrusion on U.S. sovereignty??? |
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RE: World Court: U.S. Must Stay 3 Executions
by Mike at 1:05 am EST, Feb 6, 2003 |
Elonka wrote:
] ] When the suit was filed last month, the United States
] ] argued that granting Mexico's request for a stay of all
] ] executions would be an unwarranted intrusion on the U.S.
] ] criminal justice system and U.S. sovereignty.
]
] I smell hypocrisy here. On the one hand, we've got U.S.
] diplomats saying that Iraq has to submit to the will of the
] United Nations, but when the U.N.'s World Court rules about
] something in the U.S., the cry goes up that it's an intrusion
] on U.S. sovereignty??? I thought that way back when Nicaragua won its World Court case, the US continued its dismantling of the UN by vetoing the security council resolution requiring all member nations to obey world court rulings. |
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World Court: U.S. Must Stay 3 Executions
by Decius at 5:42 pm EST, Feb 5, 2003 |
] When the suit was filed last month, the United States
] argued that granting Mexico's request for a stay of all
] executions would be an unwarranted intrusion on the U.S.
] criminal justice system and U.S. sovereignty. The US has been doing this for several years now. Frankly, I really don't understand it. If we don't offer forgein citizens legal counsel when they are arrested in the United States, then why should we expect the same when we travel? This inexplicable policy of neglecting to inform embassies and ignoring international protest only hurts Americans. These guys are putting my ass at risk, and I don't like it one bit. |
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