USA - Texas. Governor defends Leal’s execution despite criticism

Texas governor defends Mexican’s execution despite criticism from Hillary Clinton, UN official. Gov. Rick Perry rebuffed criticism from the United Nations and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for Texas’ execution of Humberto Leal, a Mexican man whose lawyers said he was not informed he could have sought legal help from the Mexican government after he was arrested for the murder of a teenager. “If you commit the most heinous of crimes in Texas, you can expect to face the ultimate penalty under our laws,” Perry’s spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger said a day after convicted killer Humberto Leal was put to death in Huntsville.