burn him...
Posted on 08/05/2008 8:07:40 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
Splitting 5-4, the Supreme Court refused Tuesday night to delay the execution in Texas of Mexican national Jose Ernesto Medellin. The majority’s unsigned opinion, and dissents by each of the other four Justices, can be read here. Since the death warrant was to remain in effect until 1 a.m. Eastern time, Texas was expected to go ahead with the exection that had originally been scheduled for 7 p.m. It was delayed at least three hours by the Court’s review of a series of claims for relief by Medellin’s attorneys.
The majority said that the chance that Congress or the Texas legislature would act to provide a remedy for the treaty violation in Medellin’s case was “too remote” to justify delaying the execution. The majority’s Per Curiam (”By the Court”) opnion relied in part on the fact that the Justice Department had not opted to take any part in this latest round of the Medellin case, even though it was actively involved when the Court last ruled on it on March 25.
“The Department of Justice,” the majority said, “is well aware of these proceedings and has not chosen to seek our intervention. Its silence is no surprise. The United States has not wavered in its position that [Medellin] was not prejudiced by his lack of consular access [guaranteed to foreign nationals by the Vienna Convention].”
(Excerpt) Read more at scotusblog.com ...
Someone said he died at 10 pm.
Life has it’s little ups and downs, doesn’t it?
Justice for the victims and closure for their families.
Gone.
http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou080805_tj_medllin_appeals_deathrow_ertman.19fa99c4.html
burn him...
On a more serious note, 125,000 “endangered” gorillas have been discovered in the Congo jungle. The “animal rights” pinheads did a whole lot of huffin’ and puffin’ for nothing. Now get them off of that bogus “endangered list.”
I find this sad . . . 5-4 too close, how about 9-0 !! Just imagine the Obama SC choices ??
Alright!
Justice at last!
(I’m going to call the Mexican Embassy tomorrow morning and just say “Next!”)
Dead at 9:57 pm CST (Texas).
Which means he has been dead for 27 minutes.
He’s being processed at his new abode—Hell.
Justice for the 2 little innocent girls who did nothing wrong yet died horrible deaths, has finally arrived.
The girls thank you 5 Supremes.
The is the blog of the guy who was the ringleader that night ... awaiting execution:
http://www.deathrow-usa.us/PeterCantu.htm
You can be the MSM rags will be bemoaning this execution tomorrow. Expect to hear: How can we go against the whole world? [and other such drivel]
Bunny—please forgive this comment:
That guy is a steaming POS!
I hope the only word he hears is “NEXT!”
adios coolero!
I sent him a “friendly little note” letting him know what I thought of him (and how he’d rot after dying)
Maybe all future executions should be scheduled during congressional recesses.
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