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USA (Texas) Jose Ernesto Medellin Rojas (m), Mexican national, aged 33

URGENT ACTION APPEAL- From Amnesty International USATo read the current Urgent Action newsletter, go tohttp://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/newslett.html----------------------------------For a print-friendly version of this Urgent Action (PDF):http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa20408.pdf17 July 2008UA 204/08 - Death penalty / Legal concernUSA (Texas) Jose Ernesto Medellin Rojas (m), Mexican national, aged 33Mexican national Jose Medellin is due to be executed inTexas on 5 August 2008. He was sentenced to death in 1994for his part in the murders of two girls, 14-year-oldJennifer Ertman and 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena, in Houstonin 1993.Jose Medellin, who has been on death row for 14 years, wasbarely 18 years old at the time of the crime (two co-defendants who were 17 subsequently had their deathsentences commuted after the US Supreme Court outlawed thedeath penalty for under-18-year-olds in 2005)...continue to full post

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