Posted on 08/05/2008 12:41:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a last-minute appeal to the United States Tuesday to halt the scheduled execution of a Mexican national sentenced to death for murder in defiance of an International Court of Justice (ICJ) order.
Jose Ernesto Medellin, 33, was due to be executed by lethal injection at 2300 GMT in the state of Texas. He was convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of two teenagers and is one 51 Mexican nationals on death row in the United States.
Less than 12 hours before Medellin's planned execution, Ban called on the US government to abide by an ICJ ruling calling for the executions of all Mexican nationals to be suspended.
"All decisions and orders of the International Court of Justice must be respected by states," Ban warned on local television in Mexico City where he was attending a world AIDS conference.
"The United States should take every step to make sure the execution does not take place," he added, saying he had taken all the necessary steps to delay Medellin's execution, detailed in a letter to the United States and that he was "confident" his demands would be accepted.
Mexico has complained that its nationals on death row were not informed of their right to consular access and assistance during trial, a right under the Vienna Convention.
Medellin's family anxiously waited at the prison near Houston where the 33-year-old is due to be executed at 2300 GMT by lethal injection.
Medellin's request for a reprieve was unanimously turned down on Monday by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and his fate lies in the hands of Texas Governor Rick Perry.
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Almost Check-Out time for Jose.
Buh bye
Can Texas execute the UN as well? I guess that’s asking for too much.
If the weather weren’t so nasty, I’d drive to Huntsville and cheer on the execution and irritate the nuts who want to keep this vermin alive.
Bush is going to take some real heat from his boss, if he doesn’t stop this.
Or else, what?
“US set to execute Mexican in defiance of international court”
No they are not.
The Republic of Texas is set to execute Mexican in defiance of international court.
I hope the State of Texas does not give in. The UN does not have any say here.
Good!
It’s party time!
They will have a long wait on Perry. Get ready for a hotter place than TX fella.
This sends a clear message. If you come to the USA and murder our citizens, at least in Texas, you will pay with your life.
One more attempt to make the US subservient to a wannabe world government.
I don’t think he can stop it.
The punk was convicted of murder in Texas. That is not a Federal crime.
Yeah, right! Go pound sand with extreme prejudice. If you don't like it, move the damned UN out of the US!
He already tried to interfere and got spanked by the US Supreme Court. Only a few hours left until this guy is in Hell.
The Supreme Court said Bush could not stop it because it is not a federal case.
Adios, mother-trucker.....
JOSE CAN YOU SEE,
BY THE DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT?...................NO??.............BUENO.........
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