Melvin Jovel, Jose Carranza, Rodolfo Godinez (L to R)
Right before the killings, beast Carranza was freed by cha cha cha judicial types, even though he had 32 counts of child rape against him.
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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“”All orders of the International Court of Justice MUST be respected by states,” Pan Ki-Moon warned on TV.”
MUST?
Having been born in Texas, with relatives there by 1830, I don’t recall ever hearing that word...MUST....except when faced by the enemy. As in, yes we MUST kick their asses.
BTF
Murdered, possibly. But the SCROTUS recently ruled that raped was not enough. And I’m deeply disappointed in conservatives that nobody seems to give a shiite.
“That is pure Bravo Sierra! 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.
He is as wise as you are stupid. What is worse, you are emotionally out of control. “
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Oh, please that’s rewriting history. If it doesn’t happen the way you want it, you just change the facts? Bush was in agreement with the world court. Bush ‘sent’ it to the supreme court? Why did he argue for the world court’s position? You owe the poster an emotional apology.
Death row case pits Bush administration against Texas - CNN.com
Death row case pits Bush administration against Texas ... Lawyers for the administration and Medellin argued Bush properly exercised his unilateral ...
www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/10/scotus.foreigner.executions/index.html
Go Texas!..Do your duty!
It’s really a case of mind over matter.
We no longer mind and the ICC no longer matters.
“Word of his death will be broadcast before 6:30 and the UN will be shocked, just shocked.”
And the State of Texas will send the family the bill.
YEEHAW!!!! Juicem cowboy, cowboy.
Evidently not!
This sends a clear message. If you come to the USA and kill our citizens, at least in Texas, we will kill you back.
There, fixed it.
All his hope for this guy went out the door when Mr. Moon told Texas...you will do as the world court directs...Sealed Jose’s fate.
another hour....
Melvin Jovel, Jose Carranza, Rodolfo Godinez (L to R)
Right before the killings, beast Carranza was freed by cha cha cha judicial types, even though he had 32 counts of child rape against him.
Heck let him be put into a pit of huge Rattle Snakes, scorpions and Fire Ants.
Just about the time we'll be finishing dinner, and I can celebrate the State of Texas' independence with the 2 fingers of Woodford Reserve I promised myself earlier. I love it when things go well.
I remember those three. And there’s also another scheduled for this Thursday, if I read the online article properly.
Got some J.J. Bittings’ India Pale Ale myself! Go, Texas, show the rest of the US (especially blue states) what needs to be done with murderous invaders!
..but from every indication, he's not remorseful & has hardened his heart.
Judgment day is near....is here.
There is nothing we can say or wish that will compare to where he will be in a little over an hour.
Justice is served.
It is an awful thing to fall into the hands of a angry God.
I respect Texas for standing strong even when the President of the United States has come against them.
May God bless Texas.
“Just about the time we’ll be finishing dinner, and I can celebrate the State of Texas’ independence with the 2 fingers of Woodford Reserve I promised myself earlier. I love it when things go well. “
Ping me when it happens I might join ya. And I don’t drink, but I think I have a bottle of Drambuie tucked away for the holidays....
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