José Medellin:
I am a Mexican through and through!…
“I had a plan, get my GED and go home to join the Mexican military, would have joined here, but I’m a Mexican, not a traitor:- )
Posted on 07/29/2008 11:13:06 AM PDT by sheana
Fourteen years and numerous judicial reviews have passed since José Medellin was sentenced to die after confessing to the brutal gang rape and murder of two teenage girls in Houston.
JOSÉ MEDELLIN That's long enough, state officials say. It's time to carry out the sentence.
But defense attorneys, and an unusual coalition of federal officials, including no less than the attorney general and secretary of state, say if his Aug. 5 execution is not stayed, so Mr. Medellin's case can be reviewed one more time at the behest of the International Court of Justice, Texas will be rushing to judgment and endangering Americans abroad.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
Randy and Sandra Ertman, the parents of one of Medellin’s victims, also have weighed in. In a court brief filed on their behalf by the California-based Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, the Ertmans argue that their 14-year-old daughter’s rights, and the rights of other victims, will be given short shrift if the justices further delay the “already long-overdue execution of this well-deserved sentence.”
“This case has produced much lofty discussion about international law and the separation of powers. We must not forget, though, that this case is about a real crime against real people,” they wrote. “Enough is enough.”
Strap him down and light him up!
What this bastard did was so horrible that it sickens me to think that there are those that would try to find loopholes in the system to keep him alive.
He should have received a bullet to the brain pan within a year. That would have cleared him up for a visit to his consulate. Sit his Corpse on the steps of the Mexican consulate with note attached, “Hola amigos, Senor Medellin is ready for his visit. Good Luck, he is a quiet one. Con mucho gusto, Los Estupidos Unidos.
“José Medellin was sentenced to die after confessing to the brutal gang rape and murder of two teenage girls”
Adios, mofo.
“Give me a @&%$ing break !!!! “
Precisely!
José Medellin:
I am a Mexican through and through!…
“I had a plan, get my GED and go home to join the Mexican military, would have joined here, but I’m a Mexican, not a traitor:- )
The Supreme court already ruled once on this, and they ruled correctly.
Texas should proceed and execute this animal next week.
If Obama becomes President with a dem congress, you can expect to see this type of thing, the overturning of our state and national law in favor of international courts and rulings, to become common place.
Bush can not pardon a non federal cases, forgetaboutit.
How much do we want to bet that the Mexican government is applying pressure on the Bush Administration?
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
5:30 PM
Texas Governors Mansion
Eleventh and Lavaca
Austin, Texas 78701
Category: Other
Jose Medellin is scheduled for execution on August 5, 2008.
Visit Texas Moratorium Network for more information about the Texas Death Penalty. More death penalty news and action alerts at TMN’s blog
Come to the Governor’s Mansion in Austin or one of the protests sites in the list of cities below to protest the Texas death penalty every time there is a scheduled execution.
Statewide Execution Vigils
Huntsville - Corner of 12th Street and Avenue I (in front of the Walls Unit) at 5:00 p.m.
Austin - At the Governor’s Mansion on the Lavaca St. side between 10th and 11th St. from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.
Beaumont - Diocese of Beaumont, Diocesan Pastoral Office, 703 Archie St. @ 4:00 p.m. on the day of an execution.
College Station - 5:30 to 6 PM, east of Texas A &M campus at the corner of Walton and Texas Ave. across the street from the main entrance.
Corpus Christi - at 6 PM in front of Incarnate Word Convent at 2910 Alameda Street
Dallas - 5:30 pm, at the SMU Women’s Center, 3116 Fondren Drive
Houston - call Burnham Terrell, 713/921-0948 for location.
Lewisville - St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, 1897 W. Main Street. Peace & Justice Ministry conducts Vigils of Witness Against Capital Punishment at 6:00 pm on the day executions are scheduled in Texas.
McKinney - St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Community located at 110 St. Gabriel Way. We gather the last Saturday of the month between 6:00 to 6:30 to pray for those men/women scheduled to be executed in the next month and to remember the victims, their families, and all lives touched, including us as a society.
San Antonio (Site 1) - Archdiocese of San Antonio, in the St. Joseph Chapel at the Chancery, 2718 W. Woodlawn Ave. (1 mile east of Bandera Rd.) at 11:30 a.m. on the day of execution. Broadcast on Catholic Television of San Antonio (Time-Warner cable channel 15) at 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on the day of execution.
San Antonio (Site 2) - Main Plaza across from Bexar County Courthouse and San Fernando Cathedral - Noon
Spring - Prayer Vigil at 6 PM on evenings of executions at St Edward Catholic
Community, 2601 Spring Stuebner Rd for the murder victim, for family
and friends of the murder victim, the prison guards and correctional officers, for the family of the condemn man/woman, for the man/woman to be executed and to an end to the death penalty.
Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of niris.
A freaking ILLEGAL MEXICAN GANG MEMBER who raped & murdered two innocent AMERICAN teenagers.
this is the lawyer business.....obfuscate and delay....discuss and delegate....make the law extend as far as possible so all these cretians have jobs and careers paying huge sums.....
“I was under the impression that the US Supreme Court all ready ruled that Texas was within its rights.”
They did. Doesn’t seem to matter to the Bush Administration when it comes to MEXICO. Perhaps they care more about the World Court Opinion than the SCOTUS.
FOXNews.com - Supreme Court Sides With Texas in Dispute With Bush ...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341316,00.html
Sooner the idiot Condi is out the better!
Unfortunately, our Kerry-style haircut Governor Kerry has higher aspirations than his present office, and seeking Washington appreciation is what may be going thru his mind on this matter.
A freaking ILLEGAL MEXICAN GANG MEMBER who raped & murdered two innocent AMERICAN teenagers.
Boy, isn't that inviting the mucus encrusted nose of an thoroughly disgusting camel under the flap of the tent. Turning over the final word to the internationalists.
I can hardly believe there are some GOP faithfuls who still are pushing Condi for VP.
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