WTG Texas!!

[bcadoo]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gpkdpV0pGSS_ozv30DC1F1QkVd5wD92CHCNG5

"Texas executes Mexican-born killer


HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed Mexican-born condemned prisoner Jose Medellin for the rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago.

The state carried out the execution late Tuesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his request for a reprieve in a split vote.

The 33-year-old Medellin had claimed he was denied treaty-guaranteed help from the Mexican consulate when he was arrested.

Texas authorities say he never invoked his consular rights until four years after he was arrested. By then, he had been convicted and condemned for participating in the attack on 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena and 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman."


Texas has not forgotten that it was once a nation and that we don't need the world court to tell us how to treat rapists and murderers.

[rpm]

The World Court?

[DiabloTX]

I still remember when that crime was committed.

[icemaw]

  Hope they finish the rest of his fellow rapist murdering Buddy's off too!

[bcadoo]

The World Court?

Yeah...that's what they call it.

"Mexico opposes the death penalty and has used the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to try to block the executions of Mr. Medellín and 50 other Mexicans in the United States. Moments after the execution, Mexico sent a formal diplomatic protest to Washington.

Twice in the last five years, the International Court of Justice, at the Hague, has said hearings should be held to determine if the 51 trials were fair.

Worried about fallout for Americans abroad, the State Department, the attorney general and the White House all urged Texas to delay the execution. "

[Sundowner]

The World Court?

World Court, aye.
It's another one of those situations where the emerging World Government wants to take away the sovereignty of the USA.

Nothing to worry about.

For now.

Regards,
Sun


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080803/us_nm/usa_mexico_execution_dc

Texas set to defy World Court with execution
DALLAS (Reuters) - Texas is set to defy the World Court and anger Mexico on Tuesday by executing a Mexican national who was not informed of his right to consular services after his arrest.

Texas, by far America's most active death penalty state, condemned Jose Medellin for the 1993 rape and murder of 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena in Houston. Another girl was killed in the vicious gang-related assault but Medellin was convicted only of Pena's murder.

The World Court last month ordered the U.S. government to "take all measures necessary" to halt the upcoming execution of five Mexicans until it makes a final judgment in a dispute over suspects' rights.

Medellin is the first of those scheduled to be put to death and the only one so far with a 2008 execution date, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

Alison Castle, a spokeswoman for Republican Gov. Rick Perry, said the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles was considering the case and the governor would most likely make his decision based on its recommendation on Tuesday.

She emphasized the brutal nature of the crime.

"It's very important for the citizens of Texas to remember that Jose Medellin ... brutally and viciously gang raped, stomped, kicked, slashed, strangled and murdered two teenage girls in Houston," Castle said.

"The World Court has no jurisdiction here in Texas. We're concerned about following Texas law and that's what we're doing."......

[Elfie]

"The World Court has no jurisdiction here in Texas. We're concerned about following Texas law and that's what we're doing."......

That is as it should be.

[BaDkaRmA158Th]

Way to go.

[lyric1]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080803/us_nm/usa_mexico_execution_dc


"The World Court has no jurisdiction here in Texas. We're concerned about following Texas law and that's what we're doing."......

President George W. Bush directed Texas to comply with a World Court ruling in 2004 mandating review of the cases of Medellin and other Mexicans in U.S. prisons awaiting execution. The U.S. Supreme Court said in March Bush's action had exceeded his authority.

 Interesting that the President wanted to have the world courts decision reviewed. Strange for a former Texas Governor.

[Xargos]

Interesting that the President wanted to have the world courts decision reviewed. Strange for a former Texas Governor.

Don't forget his father was pushing the New World Order when he was President.

[lyric1]

Don't forget his father was pushing the New World Order when he was President.

Forgot the Skull & Bones connection.

[Xargos]

Forgot the Skull & Bones connection.

Also the Bilderbergs.

[angelsandair]

One of the positives of living in Texas. Stay out of Austin and you'll love it. (Austin crime is awful, you can get like 20 years for poisoning a tree, but only 10 for murdering someone  )


<<<Proud Texan.  

[Jackal1]

One of the positives of living in Texas. Stay out of Austin and you'll love it.

Austin is a great place to visit. A lot of Texas history there and lots to see.
You just have to weave your way through the yups posing as hipsters much as in a lot of cities, but it`s well worth the effort.

[Cthulhu]

One of the positives of living in Texas. Stay out of Austin and you'll love it. (Austin crime is awful, you can get like 20 years for poisoning a tree, but only 10 for murdering someone  )


<<<Proud Texan.  

Typical college town.