United States. Argentina executed in November could be saved from the death penalty.

Víctor Saldaño, a 44-year-old Cordovan, is the only Argentinian sentenced to death in the United States. He had been sentenced to death in June 1996, at the age of 24, for the murder of a US computer salesman the previous year in Dallas. In 2002, the United States Supreme Court declared the nullity of the sentence "discriminatory". And two years later, he was tried and convicted again. In 2007, the Texas Court of Appeals dismissed a claim for nullity.

In recent decades, he has attempted suicide three times and more than once he has asked to be executed, but he is still waiting for the death penalty to be applied.

Despite this decision, the fate of Saldaño could change, since his lawyer, Juan Carlos Vega, will appear before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to play his last letter.

After the rejection of habeas corpus and without further appeal, "it is the only international legal remedy available to him for saving his life," Vega said.

"The sentenced person would be transferred to a psychiatric hospital," said the lawyer, because of the serious state of mental health in which he finds himself. And the lawyer said: "All that remains to be done is that the United States be convicted for violating the legality of human rights and that the victim be repaired, that is, to get Saldaño out of the hallway ".

The Director of Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Leandro Despouy, and Javier Salgado, Director of International Litigation Ministry, will accompany the defense of Argentina.

Despouy said this morning that Saldaño suffered "an inhuman and degrading punishment and there is a good chance to see if there is a favorable statement in this management" before the sentence is pronounced.

It should be noted that in 2002, the United States Supreme Court declared the nullity of the sentence "discriminatory". And two years later, he was tried and convicted again. And in 2007, the Texas Court of Appeals dismissed a claim for nullity.

Source: Los Andes