%0 Journal Article
%T The Imposition of the Death Penalty on Mexican Nationals in the United States and the Cultural, Legal and Political Context
%A James Michael Olivero
%J Laws
%D 2013
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/laws2010033
%X This paper reviews death penalty perspectives from the United States, Mexico and international law. The United States practices the death penalty on not only its citizens, but those of other nations who commit capital crimes. Mexico is a death penalty abolitionist state that takes significant issue with the United States over executing Mexican nationals. The paper analyzes the cultural, legal and political conflict between the two countries surrounding the application of the death penalty on Mexican nationals.
%K death penalty
%K capital punishment
%K Mexico
%K International Court of Justice
%K Avenda
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/2/1/33