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An Escape Route From The Medellin Maze, Anthony S. Winer
An Escape Route From The Medellin Maze, Anthony S. Winer
Anthony S. Winer
The recent Supreme Court decision in Medellín v. Texas created a veritable “maze” for foreign prisoners in the U.S., and their countries of nationality, who might wish to enforce their rights under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (the “VCCR”). This decision, and other Supreme Court and lower federal court opinions, have erected “dead ends” for prisoners and their countries of nationality that block their “escape” from this maze. These opinions, among other implications, cast substantial doubt on the availability of judicial relief for individuals under the VCCR, foreclose executive enforcement, and exclude the possibility of corrective injunctions for many …