EU Policy On The Death Penalty

Actions on US Death Row Cases

2005

Current Cases

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• Brief of Amici Curieae; The European Union & Members of the International Community in Support of Moises Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon/Mario Bustillo v. Gene Johnson (Director, Virginia Department of Corrections), December 22, 2005

• EU UK Presidency at OSCE: EU Statement on the 1000th Execution in the US Since the Reinstatement of the Death Penalty, December 15, 2005

• European Parliament President Borrell on Death Penalty, December 13, 2005

• EU on US 1,000^th Execution, December 2, 2005

• Matheny v. Indiana: EU UK Presidency Letter to Indiana Parole Board, September 19, 2005 (pdf)

• Medellín v. Texas: No. AP-75,207 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS, EX PARTE JOSE ERNESTO MEDELLIN, ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, FROM CAUSE NO. 675430 IN THE 339TH DISTRICT COURT OF HARRIS COUNTY; BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN SUPPORT OF APPLICANT JOSE ERNESTO MEDELLIN; José Ernesto Medellín, Petitioner, v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent. On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5^th Circuit; Brief of Amici Curieae; The European Union & Members of the International Community in Support of Petitioner, January 24, 2005(For earlier brief, see 2004.)

• Benefiel v. Indiana: EU Luxembourg Presidency Statement at OSCE, April 7, 2005; Letter to Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, March 24, 2005; Letter to Indiana Parole Board, March 24, 2005

• Roper v. Simmons: EU Luxembourg Presidency Statement at OSCE, March 3, 2005; EU Luxembourg Presidency Declaration on US Supreme Court Decision, March 2, 2005