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Texas executions draw criticism
By Associated Press
Published: 08/08/2008

TEXAS - Pleas from an illegal immigrant from Honduras who claimed he was unfairly denied legal help from his consulate when he was arrested for a robbery-murder near Dallas weren't enough to spare him from the death chamber.

The execution Thursday evening of Heliberto Chi, 29, was the second capital punishment case in Texas this week to focus on rights of foreigners under international treaties. Read more.

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