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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to block the execution of John A. Muhammad, the sniper who terrorized the Washington area seven years ago.
The Supreme Court, recently in the news for its refusal to block the execution of Troy Davis, begins its new term next week.
Gov. Frank Keating refused today to block the execution of a woman who was convicted in part on the testimony of a police chemist accused by the F.B.I. of wrongly linking defendants to crime scenes.
Two years ago, Paraguay appealed, unsuccessfully, to the State Department and the governor of Virginia to block the execution of Angel Francisco Breard, who was convicted of murder and attempted rape.
Each is affiliated with an individual neighborhood's popular assembly that coordinates local activism — from efforts to block the execution of foreclosures to rallies at the branches of Spanish banks.
A death sentence imposed for a 1993 murder in Missouri rose to the level of an international issue on Monday as dozens of countries urged the Supreme Court to block the execution of murderers who kill before the age of 18. Countries from the European Union along with Canada, Mexico and other nations filed friend of the court briefs in a Missouri death penalty case.
The government of Mexico, in a direct challenge to the Bush administration, asked the International Court of Justice today to block the executions of 51 Mexicans on death row in the United States.
Mexico opposes the death penalty and has used the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to try to block the executions of Mr. Medellín and 50 other Mexicans in the United States.
Norway said it would seek to block the executions of Joshua French, 27, and Tjostolv Moland, 28, who were arrested after their driver was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head in May.
The Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday blocked the execution of Derrick S. O'Brien, condemned for the 1993 killings of two teenage girls.
