Illegal alien Death Row rapist/killer’s last-ditch appeal
The world court and President Bush tried and failed to stop the execution of illegal alien Death Row killer Jose Medellin.
Texas told ‘em to bug off–and the Supreme Court backed Texas.
Medellin faces execution tomorrow. The U.N. and the international meddlers are whining. Now, Medellin’s lawyers have filed one last-ditch appeal to subvert our national sovereignty and delay justice:
“Texas. It’s like a whole other country.”
Coined to promote tourism, that wry verbal wink at the state’s mythic image has assumed a literal meaning as Texas finds itself in defiance of the United Nations, the Organization of American States and national leaders in its planned Tuesday execution of Mexican citizen Jose Medellin.
Unless the U.S. Supreme Court or Gov. Rick Perry acts in his favor, Medellin, 33, will die for the 1993 rape-strangulation of two teenage Houston girls, Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña.
Jennifer’s father, Randy Ertman, dismissed international opposition to the execution.
“It’s just a last-ditch effort to keep the scumbag breathing,” Ertman said. “He never should have been breathing in the first place. I don’t care, I really don’t care what anyone thinks about this except Texas. I love Texas. Texas is in my blood.”
At issue is Texas’ refusal to hold a hearing to determine whether Medellin’s defense was harmed by his inability to confer with Mexican consular officials at the time of his arrest. A suspect’s right to talk with his consulate is guaranteed by the United Nations’ Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, to which the United States is a party.
Medellin insists he told both Houston police and Harris County officers that he is a Mexican citizen. Prosecutors say the killer never informed authorities of his nationality.
In a sworn statement, Medellin said he learned that the Mexican Consulate could possibly help him in 1997, four years after his arrest. He unsuccessfully petitioned the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on the issue in 1998.
In 2004, the U.N.’s world court, responding to a Mexican lawsuit against the United States, ordered that hearings be held for Medellin and dozens of other inmates denied their consular rights. In 2005, President Bush called for the hearings to be held. Texas challenged the decision, and the Supreme Court determined that only Congress could mandate such action. In July, the world court ordered Medellin’s execution be stayed.
The proper response? Murder victim Jennifer Ertman’s father, Randy, says its all:
“The world court don’t mean diddly. This business belongs in the state of Texas … the rest of them can go to hell.”
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TWO (2) hours to go.
To quote Death: You may be a king, or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later, you dance with the reaper.
HA HA HA
Unhappily, I can’t locate any live media that is giving any particular attention to this happy event. Even though we are deprived of the pleasure of being part of a “mob of rabble” (even a “cyber mob”) crowding the streets and watching for the tumbril to clatter past, we can at least take pleasure in knowing that our small audience includes Mr. Medillin, who, I dare say, is riveted to every detail and making note of each passing minute. Unfortunately, he won’t be able to join us for a celebratory toast.
Indeed, by my watch he has about 5 minutes until the earthly justice called upon him by the citizens and courts of Texas and upheld by our Constitution and Supreme Court and he dies for his most evil of crimes.
It seems there has been a snag. Oh please, God, let this be only a minor bump in the road to justice.
http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou080805_tj_medllin_appeals_deathrow_ertman.19fa99c4.html
I am beside myself with frustration. Apparently, this man is not dead. But I don’t really know why. If the libs win, you can bet that there will be plenty of coverage.
I think a special actions squad needs to be sent in to finish this. And a nettoyeur to tidy up.
It’s a freaking political stunt that undermines our sovereignty. He was given the same fair trial you and I would have gotten, and was sentenced to death by a jury of his peers. He has had 15 years of appeals and living off the taxpayers dime (15 years too many imo). He has been in the US since he was 3 YEARS OLD, and only cries “Mexican” 4 years after he is convicted (and self admitted) for the beyond brutal rapes and murders of those two teenage girls. One of his fellow 6 gang bangers involved has already been put to death.
The world court is a joke, and so is Mexico. This whole thing is more open borders bullcrap. If he had been an anchor baby 3 years prior this issue wouldn’t exist. He grew up in Texas, went to school in Texas and didn’t mention being a Mexican national till long after the fact.
I bet those two fathers are furious right now, and I’ll be praying they have the courage to restrain themselves from wanting to barge into the prison and see justice done right themselves.
Jose Medellin is schedule to be executed in Huntsville, Texas at 11 p.m. local time for his role in the 1993 rape and murder of teenagers Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman.
11 pm Texas time
What’s shockingly stupid is your total ignorance of the Constitution. Again: Where is the amendment including ILLEGAL ALIENS? The Vienna treaty does not trump the Constitution. Whether you like it or not, a “world court” does not hold jurisdiction over an ILLEGAL ALIEN who gained entry into the U.S. and committed more crimes against American citizens. Don’t like it? Tell the south-of-the-border-governments who dump their human garbage across our border.
Assclown.
This case is closed!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7542794.stm
Hopefully the same thing will happen to this guy. Unbeleivable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QICLyzsvtgI
Opps….Unbelievable