[Rick Lee]

Similar case happened in VA a few years back. A Peruvian national raped and murdered a jogger, was convicted, sentenced and executed. VA is pretty fast about this stuff, much more so than TX or FL, though TX and FL get all the good press for it. When it came out that the perp was never offered a meeting with a rep. from his embassy, the Wash. Post asked then-Governor Jim Gilmore what kind of message that would send to foreigners. Gilmore said, "The message is 'don't commit capital murder in Virginia'." Gotta love it.