March 10, 2005

International law? Just kidding!

After a memo between Bush and Gonzales allowed the Hague to have jurisdiction in calling for new hearings for 51 prisoners on death row (wha?! White House and international law??), the State Department announced the U.S. would reject the protocol that allows opponents of the death penalty to fight sentencing of foreigners. Ah yes, that's more like it.

"'It's a sore-loser kind of move,' Professor Spiro said. 'If we can't win, we're not going to play.'"

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