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US set to execute Mexican in defiance of international court
AFP on Yahoo ^ | 8/5/08 | AFP

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; deathrow; defiance; execute; icj; medellin; mexican
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To: b4its2late

“Adios, Jose” is right...

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: Hebrews 9:27

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Romans 14:12


121 posted on 08/05/2008 2:09:21 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: NormsRevenge

“in defiance”? You bet your a$$ we are!


122 posted on 08/05/2008 2:09:30 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (Keep Scott Garrett in Congress - NJ 5th!)
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To: Redleg Duke

“The President sent this to the Supreme Court so that he could tell the world that we are a nation of laws and our laws trump the UN and World Court.”

That is as much Bravo Sierra as what the guy you were replying to was saying.


123 posted on 08/05/2008 2:12:34 PM PDT by NinoFan
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To: Tennessee Nana
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124 posted on 08/05/2008 2:13:45 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: WayneS

The President was trying to protect Americans abroad and comply with our treaty obligations. This is his DUTY. The Mexicans or some other nation may retaliate by denying Americans access to their consuls and claiming “they didn’t ask” or some other piece of BS.

It is kinda funny how “rights” morph though. How does the “right to see your nation’s consul” become “the right to be informed you have the right to see you nation’s consul?” Seems to me, that’s the job of their defense reps, and, if they fail to request such, too bad.

That said, good riddance and the ICJ can go pound sand.


125 posted on 08/05/2008 2:14:23 PM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

LOL


126 posted on 08/05/2008 2:14:24 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana; DCPatriot

Maybe DCprofiteer can give us one of his famous “YAWN”s.


127 posted on 08/05/2008 2:18:46 PM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: pissant

Texas would love to be able to comply with your request.... lol!


128 posted on 08/05/2008 2:21:51 PM PDT by El Laton Caliente (NRA Member & www.Gunsnet.net Moderator)
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To: Tennessee Nana
And counting down.....

6:00 pm CST. That's about 1 hr 38 minutes away. Has he had his last enchilada yet?

129 posted on 08/05/2008 2:23:32 PM PDT by bcsco (Obama: SPINciple in chief!)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Unless we’re making some sort of special exception in this instance, and I doubt we are, Texas does its executions at 6 pm Texas time.


130 posted on 08/05/2008 2:25:09 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I just read your post and it is about 1723 EDT.

KILL THEM NOW!! Do not wait 35 or so more minutes for this one or any of the others of this group. No 40 years, Kill them all.

For Gods sake get them off this planet!

At least the two girls are in Heaven and are protected and loved.


131 posted on 08/05/2008 2:25:18 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: OldMissileer
I just read your post and it is about 1723 EDT.

It's scheduled for 1800 CST. That'll be 1900 EDT. There's a little over 1 1/2 hours to go.

132 posted on 08/05/2008 2:28:15 PM PDT by bcsco (Obama: SPINciple in chief!)
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To: Dog Gone

6 PM TEXAS time ??? Central ????

Y’OK...

I thought someone said 5 PM Central...

It’s been too long now...

That rapist and murder has lived since his crime...

longer than one of those children lived before he snuffed out her young life...

For those in these threads that scream ((((CONSTITUTION))))

just how long should each child rapist and murder get before JUSTICE is done???


133 posted on 08/05/2008 2:35:53 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: pissant

“Jose Ernesto Medellin, 33, was due to be executed by lethal injection at 2300 GMT in the state of Texas. “

YEE FREAKING HA!!!!


134 posted on 08/05/2008 2:37:09 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (McCain/Palin 2008)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Too bad this POS is getting off so easy...


135 posted on 08/05/2008 2:38:18 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

Caller on Sean talking about the case now


136 posted on 08/05/2008 2:40:44 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

Tick, Tock.


137 posted on 08/05/2008 2:45:08 PM PDT by AuntB ( "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

2300 GMT is 6 pm CDT.

Typically, there is an opportunity for a final statement, blah blah blah begining at 6:00. The juice starts flowing around 6:10. A good solid 10 minutes elapses from that point until the physician declares him most sincerely dead.

Word of his death will be broadcast before 6:30 and the UN will be shocked, just shocked.


138 posted on 08/05/2008 2:45:50 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Tennessee Nana

Thanks for the ping.


139 posted on 08/05/2008 2:46:34 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: All
The Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena
(Warning: Brutal Descriptions)

140 posted on 08/05/2008 2:46:59 PM PDT by beaversmom
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