MSNBC’s Maddow Incorrectly Claims Texas Broke Law in Executing Murde

Brad Wilmouth
July 8th, 2011 5:17 AM
 On Thursday’s Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, host Maddow devoted a considerable chunk of her show to the story of convicted murderer Humbarto Leal Garcia's execution in Texas, and Republican Governor Rick Perry’s refusal to delay the execution to give Congress more time to pass legislation to address how the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations should be applied to such cases. Garcia, who in…