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Illegal Honduran Killer Executed in Texas

This is good to see.

A Honduran man, who killed his former employer during a robbery in 2001, has been executed in the US after the Supreme Court rejected a final appeal.

Heliberto Chi, 29, died by lethal injection at a prison in Texas, watched by the two sons of his victim.

His lawyers said Chi was not permitted to contact the Honduran consulate following his arrest - thus violating an international treaty.

Chi was the second foreign national to be put to death this week in Texas.

Chi was in the United States illegally at the time of the 2001 murder.

Wow.  Only seven years from crime to execution.  Would that they all happened in such a timely fashion.

Posted by Owen at 2144 hrs
Culture + Law + Politics + Politics - Texas

1. Thank goodness for Texas.

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2. I never understand why some police/prosecutors do not follow the rules.  If they had just given him access to someone from the Honduran embassy, they still would have convicted him and put him to death.  Except, there would not be this cloud hanging over the result.  Stupid, stupid, stupid.

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