Wouldn't want anyone to criticize us for torture or other war crimes now, would we....or even our national penchant for executing prior to DNA evidence review.
U.S. Says It Has Withdrawn From World Judicial Body:
The State Department said that the U.S. was prompted by a decision ordering new hearings for 51 Mexicans on death rows.
Darla Jordan, a State Department spokeswoman, said the administration was troubled by foreign interference in the domestic capital justice system but intended to fulfill its obligations under international law.But Ms. Jordan said, “We are protecting against future International Court of Justice judgments that might similarly interfere in ways we did not anticipate when we joined the optional protocol.”
Peter J. Spiro, a law professor at the University of Georgia, said the withdrawal was unbecoming.
“It's a sore-loser kind of move,” Professor Spiro said. “If we can't win, we're not going to play.”
