Posted on 08/06/2008 11:07:23 AM PDT by Ben Mugged
A Mexican-born convicted rapist and murderer was executed Tuesday. Jose Medellin was killed by lethal injection in a Texas prison for the rape, torture and murder of 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena and 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman.
“I’m sorry my actions caused you pain. I hope this brings you the closure that you seek. Never harbor hate,” Medellin said to the group who had gathered to watch him die. He was pronounced dead at 9:57 p.m.
Medellin, 33, was convicted in the 1993 gang rape, beating and murder of Pena and Ertman. He and five fellow gang members attacked the girls as they walked home one night. The girls were raped and tortured for an hour before they were strangled with belts and shoelaces.
Four days after the attack, Pena and Ertman’s bodies were found.
Medellin’s execution attracted attention after he claimed he was not allowed to seek legal help from the Mexican consulate. The Vienna Convention protects those arrested to have access to their country’s consular officials.
Pena’s father Adolfo was among those who watched Medellin die. “We feel relieved. Fifteen years is a long time coming,” he said.
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I hear it’s hot in Hell this time of the year.
Booo Hoooo!
California should start outsourcing their death row inmates to Texas. Would sure speed up the process.
RUH ROH: Sanctions coming from the UN!!!!!!!!!!
TO allow this piece of human feces to die in his sleep, instead of fear and panic of electrocution or gas, is a travesty to the parents of the dead girl.
Jose Medellin should have had the same feelings of fear and despair he heaped upon the girls and parents.
He got off easy.
God Bless Texas.
Now ship that bastard HOME.
It took 15 years to kill this filthy dog after what he did to those girls, and the article says his case gained attention because he (allegedly) wasn’t allowed to call the Mexican consulate. I have no printable words.
Nah, the UN never imposes sanctions on anyone. If Iran can build nuclear weapons and not face UN sanctions we should be able to put a dirt bag to sleep without too much worry. The Russians and Chinese will stop the. Won't they???
I couldn’t agree more.
Even the Hot Squat would be too easy after what he did to those poor kids.
Funny....they want to come to America...and want American benefits....but when they commit a capital offense and about ready to be executed...they become Mexicans again.
I guess Medellin, the UN, Beijing Bush (or is that Guadalajara George) can chalk this one in the “loss” column
I congratulate the author of this article. In the first sentence the names and ages of the two victims were mentioned, the innocent and terribly wronged individuals in all of this. A previous CNN post took twelve paragraphs before mentioning who the “two girls” were and their ages. We knew Mr. Medellin’s middle name before the CNN article mentioned the names of his victims. So somewhere there is a journalist who “gets it.”
"If you come to Texas and kill someone, we will kill you back. That's our policy." Ron White.
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Don’t worry; Hell is a real place of torment, not a fairy tale. He’s getting what he deserves. And it’s FOREVER.
My hat is off to Texas this morning. Yesterday evening about 9:30 p.m. C.D.T., justice was spelled T-E-X-A-S.
I don’t think they should get any last words. Who is (was) this creep to lecture people before he died? I think they should have hanged him. And I’m talking slow dangle, not quick drop.
I specifically searched for and selected an article that did not spin the execution.
Texas - We do executions right
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