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National Press Coverage of Medellin v. Texas

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The opinion, in Adobe .pdf format, is here. The Oyez page for the Medellin v. Texas is here. Linda Greenhouse in the New York Times reports, "Justices Block New Hearing for Mexican."The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Texas courts were not required to give a new hearing to a Mexican on the state?s death row, despite a directive from President Bush and the finding of the World Court that the defendant?s trial for murder violated United States treaty obligations. By a vote of 6 to 3, the court held that neither that international judgment nor the treaty itself was sufficient to overcome a Texas procedural rule barring multiple appeals. Mr. Bush had asked the judicial system of Texas, the state he once served as governor, to help the government ?discharge its international obligations? by giving a new hearing to the convicted murderer, José E...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 26, 2008 (boomark / email).