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Mexico who were not told of their right to contact their embassy for legal assistance. This breaks a treaty set by the USA and Mexico. �So, in Texas not only is the right to life beinj broken, but also the fact that you should have rights wherever you go. Racism is something that can also negatively affect the justice system. Accordm*g to a study done by an Iowan professor and his colleagues, a black man is about twice as [1kely to be executed compared to a white man, and a murderer of a white erson is abou? p M 4.5 times more likely to be executed compared to the murderer of a black person. Also, many blacks have been convicted with things such as beaten confessions and witnesses who recant later. One such case is the execution of Troy Davis. Troy Davis was executed with doubt of his guilt still existing. Despite the fact that 7 of 9 witnesses (whosv testimonies identified Davis as the murderer) signed an affidavit changing their 4 testimony, or taking it back. The U.N. Declaration of Human Rights states that we are all equal before the law. However, in the USA your ethnicity is still a factor of conviction... Another human r ight stated in the U.N. Declaration 'is that we are all innocent until proven guilty. This should be easily upheld. However-, Hank Skinner is set to be executed on November 19, 2011. This is ridiculous, because Texas is refusing to examine WNA evidence that could prove his innocence. This is because the Texas Attorney General ruled that the Texas Forensic Science Conunission can't look at any evidenc@ collected before September 2005. The Attorney General stated this because of an execution dating back to 2004. Cameron Todd Willingham was executed for allegeffly starting a fire that killed his three children. However, the Chicago Tribune found that there was no evidence pointing towards arson. Since Texas is trying to cover up for its mistake of executing an innocent man, so the DNA that could prove Skinner innocent