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x-date set for Jose Medellin

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Jose Medellin, whose death sentence has caused international outrage and already one SCOTUS decision, has a new x-date, August 5th. State District Judge Caprice Cosper set the Aug. 5 lethal injection for 33-year-old Jose Medellin for his participation in the gang rape and strangulation deaths of 2 teenage girls 15 years ago in Houston when they stumbled upon a gang initiation rite.. . . Medellin, handcuffed and wearing a bright lime green jail jumpsuit, stood impassively between his lawyers as Cosper read the order. Lawyers for Medellin and the Mexican government urged her to delay setting the execution date. “This is a case whose effects go far beyond this courtroom,” Medellin’s attorney, Sandra Babcock, said.. . . Medellin is among 14 native Mexicans on death row in Texas...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on May 05, 2008 (boomark / email).