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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It's 6PM (1800).
04:39 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
maybe a chorus of “auld lang syne” (sp?)
Sorry for being callus, but the last ditch is where they should toss his sorry remains.
He should be leaving the Green Room for the Main Stage about now....
Keeping my fingers crossed that they put this animal down on schedule. That will open the floodgates to hell for the rest of the animals.
What I find sad is if he was American citizen he would have already been put to death. Being an illegal he has more right than you or me.
Jose, you've picked door #2. Let's see what you've picked...
IATZ!!!
The juice should begin flowing at any moment now!
“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.
Bite me, you one-world loser.
Maybe. In many states the wait is a long one. Far longer than it should be. I understand the need for the appeals process, but it just drags on way to long.
Shut the hell up you stupid SOB.
Showtime. Witnesses filing in the chamber.
Neither Fox nor CNN was covering. Nor were our local affiliates here in the Chicago/Rockford area.
Jose, you're just not star material, fella. Sorry.
bttt
Work out a deal...freedom and expunging the records of the two border agents in exchange for commutation of sentence to life!
Wasn’t able to find anything on TV, though I wasn’t looking too hard. It should be over shortly if not already...
IS HE DEAD YET?
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