Hung Thanh Le, a Vietnamese for­eign nation­al, is sched­uled for exe­cu­tion on February 26th in Oklahoma. Governor Brad Henry has so far reject­ed a unan­i­mous rec­om­men­da­tion from the Oklahoma Board of Pardon and Paroles to reduce Le’s death sen­tence to life in prison. Le’s appeal notes that he was not informed of his right to con­tact the Vietnamese con­sulate when he was arrest­ed and may have been suf­fer­ing from post-trau­mat­ic stress dis­or­der stem­ming from the Vietnam war. Leaders of the Vietnamese-American Community of Oklahoma City have urged Henry to con­sid­er the clemen­cy peti­tion, and oth­ers are ask­ing for at least a 30-day stay of exe­cu­tion. (Associated Press, February 17, 2004). See Foreign Nationals.

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