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Dallas Morning News: Gov. Perry should halt this execution

By "Persian Cowboy"

Dallas Morning News has called on Gov. Rick Perry to stop execution of José Medellín in order to protect Americans abroad. All eyes are on Gov. Rick Perry regarding the Aug. 5 execution date for José Medellín, a Mexican who confessed to the 1993 gang rape and murder of two Houston teenage girls. Although this newspaper opposes the death penalty, no one doubts the governor's prerogative under the law to permit the execution of convicted murderers. In this case, though, an international court has ruled that Mr. Medellín deserves a judicial review because he was denied his right to a Mexican consular visit, as required under a U.S.-signed treaty. The international court's ruling can't be enforced, and the Supreme Court has upheld the state's authority to proceed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on July 30, 2008 (boomark / email).