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Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Rejects Medellin Clemency

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In the Dallas Morning News, Christy Hoppe reports, "Death-row inmate Medellín doesn't get a reprieve from Texas pardons board."The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously voted Monday against a reprieve for José Medellín, whose scheduled execution today has frayed relations with Mexico and the International Court of Justice. Mr. Medellín's case has prompted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Attorney General Michael Mukasey to ask Gov. Rick Perry for Texas' help in the case, but thus far the governor's office said he is disinclined to give "additional protection" to the condemned inmate."Medellin execution on after pleas fail," is the Houston Chronicle article by Rosanna Ruiz. On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied Medellin's request for a 240-day reprieve and a request to commute his sentence to life in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 05, 2008 (boomark / email).

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