Posted on 08/05/2008 7:11:56 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court considered a last-minute appeal by a Mexican national Tuesday night, temporarily delaying his scheduled execution in Texas.
Lawyers for Jose Ernesto Medellin, 33, say that he was denied access to a Mexican consul when he was arrested for participating in the rape and killing of two teenage girls.
Medellin's execution was scheduled for 6 p.m. but put on hold when the Supreme Court decided to consider his claim, McClatchy Newspapers reported. A spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Perry said the state was waiting to hear from the court before proceeding with the lethal injection.
The Texas Parole Board rejected a request Monday for a stay or commutation of sentence.
Prison officials moved Medellin to a cell next to the death chamber in Huntsville Monday night.
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What a surprise....Stevens, Souter, Breyer, and Ginsberg dissented. ADIOS AMIGO!!!!!!!!!
Patience, people. All good things come to those who wait.
He must have had a crummy attorney———isn’t that what an attorney is supposed to do?
Long Live Justice Scalia!!
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Have a seat,Pedro!
I sleep better at night knowing this scum bag from Mexico will never kill YOU!! Oh and I hoisted a drink when Saddam died knowing he will never torture and rape young girls and gas Kurds again.
It is probably to hard for you to understand the real dangers in the world but that is OK men like me stand ready to defend your ignorant a$$ from monsters.
Sincerely,
Mad, vermin exterminator.
No kidding. I would have flown to Texas and done the honors myself if I could. The American “justice” system is badly broken - 14 years to execute this guy - please.
This would be an excellent test to tell the SC to go to hell and execute this rat. What can the Court do? Call up it’s army and invade Texas. It is time to remind the Court they have a responsibility to just shut up if it cannot respect the people of the State of Texas.
So, Medellin requested access to a Mexican consul, but his request was denied?
Court denies Medellin’s request for stay of execution!!!!!!
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5924476.html
As I have said many times before, America does not have a justice system anymore. Now we have a legal system where guilt or innocence is not the prime interest.
I am puking atm... hope Rick is too...
did we or didn’t we?? I posted late...
“He must have had a crummy attorneyisnt that what an attorney is supposed to do?”
I don’t think informing Mexicans of their right to contact a consul is an established practice by US law enforcement or attorneys, and they’re using whatever they can come up with to fight the execution. That’s what seemed to be the case in a thread on this a few months back.
No.
Four years after his trial, Medellin remembered that he was a Mexican national and came here when he was three. At that point, he claimed that his rights had been violated.
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