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Medellin Fallout

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"Mexico protests U.S. ruling on death row case," is the Reuters headline in fallout from last week's Supreme Court ruling in Medellin v. Texas.Mexico protested on Monday a U.S. Supreme Court ruling rejecting the reopening of a dual-murder case against a Mexican on death row.     The court rule last week that U.S. President George W. Bush exceeded his authority when he directed Texas to comply with a World Court ruling mandating the review of the cases of Jose Medellin and 50 other Mexicans in U.S. prisons awaiting execution. Mexico's Foreign Ministry sent a diplomatic letter to the U.S. State Department expressing its unhappiness. "Mexico is concerned with the decision taken last March 25 by the United States' highest court," the ministry said in a statement, adding it would do everything in its power to have the World Court's ruling upheld...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 01, 2008 (boomark / email).