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Congress must stop Texas

EDITORIALS Congress must stop Texas Sunday, July 20, 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in March that the president cannot force Texas to review the death penalty case of Jose Er nesto Medellin, as the World Court wants. But Congress can and should. Not that Medellin deserves sympathy. He was given the death penalty for his role in the gang rape and murder of two Houston teenage girls in 1993. He is scheduled to die on Aug. 5. There are 50 other Mexican nationals in similar situations in various states, including others in Texas. But moving ahead with Medellin's execution could have serious repercussions for Americans held in foreign countries. If America ignores the legitimate objections of other nations to the treatment of their citizens by U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on July 22, 2008 (boomark / email).