Reprieve

The various issues arising from the cases of foreign nationals facing the death penalty in the US - including consular notification, multigenerational mitigation investigation and international standards on the death penalty - have been written on fairly extensively in recent years.

• Cindy G. Buys, Scott D. Pollock, and Ioana Navarrete, 'Strangers in a Strange Land: The Importance of Better Compliance with the Consular Notification Rights', 2010

• US Department of State, Consular Notification and Access Manual 2010

• The International Justice Project, Equal Protection: Consular Assistance and Criminal Justice Procedures in the USA, an Introductory Guide for Consulates, 2005

• Douglass Cassel, Judicial Remedies for Treaty Violations in Criminal Cases: Consular Rights of Foreign Nationals in United States Death Penalty Cases, 1999 (only available with subscription)

• Michael Fleishman, Reciprocity Unmasked: The Role Of The Mexican Government In Defense Of Its Foreign Nationals In United States Death Penalty Cases, 2003

• Gregory J. Kuykendall, Alicia Amezcua-Rodriguez, Mark Warren, Mitigation abroad: preparing a successful case for life for the foreign national client, 2008

• Christina M. Cerna, The right to consular notification as a human right, 2008

• Frederic L. Kirgis, International Law in the American Courts – The United States Supreme Court Declines to Enforce the I.C.J.’s Avena Judgment Relating to a U.S. Obligation under the Convention on Consular Relations, 2008

• Sean D. O’Brien, When life depends on it: supplementary guidelines for the mitigation function of Defense Teams In Death Penalty Cases, 2008

• Richard G. Dudley, Jr.and Pamela Blume Leonard, Getting it right: life history investigation as the foundation for a reliable mental health assessment, 2008

• Amnesty International Report, 'International Standards on the Death Penalty', 2006