Mexicans on death row /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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Houston, Tex. :
Arte Publico Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Digitalia Hispánica |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue / Fernando Solana
- Introduction
- Death Penalty:
- Definition and history of the death penalty
- Death penalty debate
- Death penalty in the United States
- Legal evolution of the death penalty
- Death penalty and legislation cases
- Legal procedure of the death penalty
- Life on death row and the execution of a convict
- Consular protection of Mexicans sentenced to death in the United States:
- History of the consular protection provided by the government of Mexico to its citizens abroad
- Situation of Mexicans sentenced to death in the United States
- Work of the Mexican government in the protection of Mexican citizens sentenced to death in the United States
- Avena Case:
- Background
- Case concerning Avena and other Mexican nationals (Mexico v United States) before the International Court of Justice
- Aldape Case:
- Murders
- Writ of Habeas corpus
- Evidentiary hearing
- Vindication
- Final reflections and conclusions
- Glossary
- Appendices:
- Appendix 1-A: Death penalty worldwide
- Appendix 1-B: Global categories regarding the death penalty
- Appendix 1-C: a: Anti-death penalty organizations and groups in the United States
- b: International legislation regarding the right to life and opposed to the death penalty
- Appendix 2-A: Minors executed under the death penalty
- Bibliography.