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Leal's argument that he should have received consular legal aid that could have helped his case was not new.
Texas executes Mexican citizen after court stay rejected 2011
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Mexico, the Obama administration and others had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay Leal's execution so Congress could consider a law that would require court reviews in cases where condemned foreign nationals did not receive help from their consulates.
Texas executes Mexican citizen after court stay rejected 2011
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The Mexican government and other diplomats also contended that the execution should be delayed so Leal's case could be thoroughly reviewed.
Texas executes Mexican citizen after court stay rejected 2011
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Stephen Hoffman, an assistant attorney general, also said evidence pointing to Leal's guilt is strong.
Texas executes Mexican citizen after court stay rejected 2011
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Mexico's foreign ministry said in a statement that the government condemned Leal's execution and sent a note of protest to the U.S. State Department.
Texas executes Mexican citizen after court stay rejected 2011
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The Obama administration took the unusual step of intervening in a state murder case last week when Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. joined Leal's appeal, asking the high court to halt the execution and give Congress at least six months to consider Leahy's bill.
Texas executes Mexican citizen after court stay rejected 2011
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I discuss Leal's crime, how my faith shapes the way I view his punishment, and the important and, I believe, heroic work of former warden and now anti-death penalty activist Ron McAndrew.
Michele Somerville: Troy Anthony Davis And Georgia's Plan To Commit An Irreversible Sin Michele Somerville 2011
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In Leal's case there was little doubt of his guilt of the crime.
Michele Somerville: Troy Anthony Davis And Georgia's Plan To Commit An Irreversible Sin Michele Somerville 2011
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Prosecutors, however, said Congress was unlikely to pass the legislation sought and that Leal's appeals were simply an attempt to evade justice for a gruesome murder.
Texas executes Mexican citizen after court stay rejected 2011
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A witness testified that Leal's brother appeared at the party, agitated that Leal had arrived home bloody and saying he had killed a girl.
Texas executes Mexican citizen after court stay rejected 2011
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