Posted on 06/09/2011 11:47:22 AM PDT by La Lydia
Mexicans on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are protesting the upcoming execution of a criminal alien rapist and murderer scheduled for July 7, 2011, in Texas. Because the convicted killer is a Mexican citizen, the Calderon government is questioning the procedures that were utilized in sentencing the death row prisoner, Humberto Leal Garcia. The Mexican ambassador to the United States requested this week that Texas Governor Rick Perry delay the execution until a review is completed of the sentencing procedures.
The 38-year old Garcia faces the death penalty for the rape and murder of 16-year-old Adra Sauceda in San Antonio, Texas on May 21, 1994 . Besides Garcia, 50 other Mexicans are sitting on death rows in the U.S.
In a 2004 ruling, the International Court of Justice determined that the United States was not granting death penalty convicts from Mexico their right to legal assistance by their own country.
Mexico's legal system prohibits capital punishment and a treaty with the United States forbids Mexican authorities from extraditing criminals to the United States who face the death penalty if tried in states that utilize some method of execution.
However, a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision stipulates that the legal support of a foreign government -- or governments -- is not required in deciding whether to execute a foreign national convicted of a capital offense. The 6-3 majority ruled that state court judges are given the discretion to decide how a sentence is carried out.
That high court decision cleared the way for Texas to execute Mexican citizen Jose Ernesto Medellin by lethal injection in 2008.
However, the U.S. Congress is trying to resolve the conflicting court decisions with legislation. The pending congressional bill -- supported by the liberal-left -- would require states to obey requirements of international treaties, such as the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
The Mexican ambassador is urging Texas to delay final judgment on the execution until Congress decides what it will do.
Meanwhile, the Obama administration, which supports the bill, has threatened to withhold federal funding from states that stray from the rules of international treaties. His position angers U.S. Constitutionalists because it places foreign law on a par with U.S. founding documents and U.S. jurisprudence.
"President [Obama's] position and that of the far-left is that the U.S. Constitution is an important document as long as its provisions coincide with those of the United Nations and other internationalist organizations such as the European Union," said Mike Baker, an attorney and political strategist...
"... the U.S. Congress is trying to resolve the conflicting court decisions with legislation. The pending congressional bill would require states to obey requirements of international treaties ..."
open borders, murderous Mexicans ping
Tell you what... you can drag the carcass BACK to mexico when we’re done.
Ya’ don’ like our justice; stay the hell south of the Rio.
The execution dates for all 50 should be moved up.
Next?
Put the POS down, chuck the body back across the border with a trebuchet and send the bill for housing him and executing him to the mexican government. Mexico can shove it up its collective arse.
“Here in Texas. We kill ya’ back” - Ron White
If I recall correctly the Mexican ambassador came to Washington and ordered President Bush to stop the execution of that illegal alien who was part of group who gang raped and murdered 2 girls 14 and 16..
The execution went on regardless...
That’s what I thought. Get cracking, Texas.
I think this ought to be moved up a few days to July 4, 2011 to celebrate AMERICAN (and TEXAN) INDEPENDENCE from the third-world cesspool of Messko.
I'm a good church-going Campbellite and try not to cuss. I hope the Lord will grant me an exception here...so...
Moved up and the pace of executions sped up. Texas could try an assembly line approach to executing these and all other murderers awaiting execution on Texas’ Death Row.
I know I would shed no tears.
I like how you think, but why do you have to put the POS down first? Wouldn't a properly launched trebuchet projectile do the job on landing?
Then, we could properly say "Gee, I wonder what happened. He was very much alive when he exited our custody!"
Dang. Pardon my confusion. I thought Texas had started offing murderers by makin' 'em take a seat on a case of dynamite. (A "blast execution"?) Not a bad idea. Going out with a bang.
If we succumb to this type heavy handed pressure we are absolutely stone-cold dead as a constitutional republic. No matter what Washington threatens we can't allow the Constitution and state law to be subordinated to international treaties.
If anyone wants to validate their conservative bonafides this is as good a place as any to start.
I think it’s time to invade the upper part of Mexico and just clear it out and turn it into a 100 mile wide DMZ. Anyone found in the DMZ will be assumed to be hostile and taken out.
LMAO!! I'm sure it could be made into an annual special like "punkin chunkin." Maybe then Mexico can whine to the UN that we're firing artillery at them.
"Meanwhile, the Obama administration, which supports the bill, has threatened to withhold federal funding from states that stray from the rules of international treaties.
Just allows me to add another reason why I despise these leftist, UN-sucking scum with every fiber of my being.
OK I found the case
Mexico got the rest of the world involved
Mexico asks World Court to stay executions in US
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) —
Mexico appealed to the U.N.’s highest court Thursday to block the executions of Mexicans in the United States, arguing U.S. officials have failed to comply with a judgment ordering a review of their trials.
The International Court of Justice said Mexico asked the court for an “interpretation” of an earlier ruling to clarify its meaning when it asked the U.S. to “review and reconsider” the cases of the condemned prisoners.
Until that can be done, Mexico said the United States “must take any and all steps necessary” to ensure that none of its citizens is executed, and asked the court to take urgent measures to intercede.
The court, informally known as the World Court, ruled in 2004 that the convictions of some 50 Mexicans on death row around the United States violated the 1963 Vienna Convention, which provides that people arrested abroad can have access to their home country’s consular officials.
The court, which sits in The Hague, said the Mexicans should have new hearings in U.S. courts to determine whether the violation affected their cases.
President Bush accepted the judgment and asked state courts to review the cases. Texas refused.
Jose Medellin, a 33-year-old inmate condemned in the gang rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on the basis of the World Court’s ruling.
The Supreme Court rejected the appeal March 25, saying Bush had overstepped his authority when he ordered the courts to carry out the decision from The Hague and review the prisoners’ cases.
The Constitution “allows the president to execute the laws, not make them,” said the majority opinion.
Medellin’s execution has been set for Aug. 5.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026646/posts
Texas Set To Execute Gang Rapist/Murderer
The United States is fast approaching a showdown over its commitment to the rule of international law as Texas prepares to carry out the scheduled Aug. 5 execution of convicted killer and rapist Jose Medellin. On July 14, the International Court of Justice at The Hague ordered the US government to “take all measures necessary” to prevent the execution of Mr. Medellin and four other Mexican nationals awaiting execution dates on death row in Texas. . . Medellin admitted involvement in the gang rape and murder of two girls. The girls, ages 14 and 16, took a shortcut home through the woods, where they were spotted by members of a street gang. Medellin and other gang members chased the girls, raped them, and then killed them to prevent them from reporting the crime. . . A measure was introduced in Congress, but there has been no effort to pass the bill, or even debate it. Analysts say the issue is radioactive in an election year.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054646/posts
Mexican government protests Texas execution
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) — The United States violated international law by putting a Mexican national to death in Texas, the Mexican government said Wednesday.
Protesters for and against Jose Ernesto Medellin’s execution gathered before he was put to death Tuesday night in Huntsville, Texas, for raping and murdering two teens in 1993.
His death ended 15 years of legal disputes on a sour note.
“The government of Mexico sent the U. S. Department of State a diplomatic note of protest for this violation of international law, expressing its concern for the precedent that it may create for the rights of Mexican nationals who may be detained in that country,” the Mexican government said in a written statement.
“The Ministry of Foreign Relations reiterates that the importance of this case fundamentally stems from the respect to the right to consular access and protection provided by consulates of every state to each of its nationals abroad.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057866/posts
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