Sunday, February 09, 2003

Not worth the paper it's printed on
(Via Scott Chaffin at The Fat Guy) Reuters reports Texas Snubs World Court on Execution Stays:
An unrepentant Texas said on Thursday it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of two Mexicans, a decision likely to create more friction between the United States and its allies over capital punishment.

The International Court of Justice at The Hague on Wednesday ordered the U.S. to stay the executions of three Mexicans and reserved the right to intervene in dozens of other cases.
With their order and 50 cents, I can buy a cup of bad coffee out of a vending machine.
A U.S. refusal to heed the World Court could worsen already-tense relations with Mexico on the issue.
A country whose avowed policy is to send its citizens illegally to the United States shouldn't kick when some of the thugs that come in the flow get caught and punished for crimes they commit while here.