US top court refuses to halt Mexican's execution

Well, this bastard will not be going to Taco Bell or Disneyland


Texas executes Mexican in defiance of world court

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Texas has put to death a Mexican convicted murderer, defying a ruling from the International Court of Justice and ignoring a last-minute appeal from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.

Jose Ernesto Medellin, 33, was killed by lethal injection in the Huntsville death chamber at 9:57 p.m. (0257 GMT Wednesday), Texas Department of Criminal Justice official Jason Clark told AFP.

Medellin was sentenced to die for the 1993 rape and murder of two girls, aged 14 and 16, in Houston, Texas. Medellin, a Mexican-born member of the Black and Whites street gang, was 19 at the time.

The ICJ told US authorities in 2004 that Medellin's case and that of other Mexicans facing execution violated the Vienna Convention because authorities failed to inform the foreigners of their right to consular access and assistance during trial.

US President George W. Bush ordered that the cases be reviewed, but the US Supreme Court in March ruled that his request was unconstitutional.

Medellin's execution went ahead even though Ban urged US authorities to comply with the ICJ's order.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080806/ts_alt_afp/usmexicoicjjusticeexecution

Good for Texas.

Great for Texas. Maybe if they realize that we will execute their sorry asses they'll stop coming here and committing crimes.

Doubt it but it's more balls on this issue then the federal government has shown.....

YEA TEXAS!

At least one state enforces their laws