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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My guess is that all the UN types and bleeding heart types are going to have their say but at 6PM CDT it’s still going to be night-night for Jose. And tomorrow no one’s going to care and same for day after tomorrow etc. etc.
Can’t imagine why anyone would be so concerned about a murderer. The world will be a safer place once he’s been executed. Let’s git’er done!
Yes, I am worried that Perry will wobble on this
Perry’s past anti-American actions (TransTexas Corridor...No. American Union) scare me enough to think this illegal-alien scuzbag will get a reprieve
The fact we had the President of the US side with the illegal alien criminal over the rights of the victims and their families smells of treason
If Mexico does not like their nationals to be executed....then stop the illegal alienism crap. Go somewhere else
It’s like that Tookie guy that they gave the needle to a couple of years ago - it was a big deal until his dirt nap and now - well let’s just say I had trouble remembering his name.
One of the gang members later said during the brag session that by the time he got to one of the girls, "she was loose and sloppy." One of the boys boasted of having 'virgin blood' on him.
How can anyone support this POS. I agree with you, let the mexican trucks haul his ass home with the Mexico National Anthem blaring.
"They defied us!!! ;)
Wow! I missed that. Thanks for the quick comeback.
Some people need killing - Medellin is one of them. I am proud to be a native Texan - and I pray that Texas carries through with this, despite the UN and Mexico’s objections.
Up yours, UN. I heard about this case, and heard from Perry last night on Glenn Beck. Jose needs to die, today. It’s sad it took this long.
There’s quite a pile of them to follow as well.. more than a few too.
Kick-Off time is 1700 CDT (2300 GMT) .. Libations will be served. Casual OK.
I just called the citizen’s opinion line to ask that Go. Perry NOT halt the execusion of this animal.
1-800-252-9600
Apparently, if George W. Bush had his way, it WOULDN’T.
I now consider him a traitor to the United States of America. He should be impeached immediately for treason.
I am shocked Bush supports this POS.
And despite George W. Bush’s treasonous actions regarding this matter...
Yeah, I read that. And it was a reversal of their previous position. Sheesh!
Excellent!!!
too bad that 1 800 number didn’t translate to
1 800 FRY JOSE
What do they mean by “in defiance”? The world court has never interfered in a single homicide case before and has no reason to do so now.
Texas is doing the right thing (and so did the Supreme Court of the US).
Pres. bush tried to stop this execution and sided with the ICJ - he was overruled by the SCOTUS.
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