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Europe howls at US execution of Mexican national. Mexico yawns.

Posted on August 6, 2008, 1:50 pm, by Andrew, under Law.

The Houston Chronicle has pretty interesting article about the Texas execution of Jose Medellin for the rape and murder of two girls in Texas in 1993. Most of Mexico right now is focused on the kidnapping of 14-year-old Fernando Marti, so much so that the execution was almost a distraction, while in Europe and in the International Court of something or another there have been demands that the US halt the execution and review the case. (For those who are wondering why, when you are arrested in a foreign country you are supposed to be allowed to talk with the embassy/consulate, an option which Mr. Medellin was apparently not given. Of course the Embassy folks can’t do much more than basically say ‘you’ve been very very bad and don’t bend over to pick up the soap’ but it’s the principle of the thing).

Crime in Mexico is not getting much better, so much so that advocates for the death penalty in Mexico are starting to get their voice. Of course that would mean the death sentence would be handed out by the pearly clean and non-corrupt Mexican judiciary. Maybe not.

Bonus: Is Mexico a “failed state” ? Read for yourself.

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  • Mike in San Antonio

    This rapist/murderer has been living at the expense of the Texas taxpayers for the past 15 years. Here’s my feeling on his execution. We should box up his body and send it to the Texas/Mexico border. On arrival, we should turn over the body to the Mexican government and his family only after a bill for room, board, food, medical care, legal fees, etc. is paid in full along with compensation to the victim’s families. After that is done, they can bury him where they want to. If it is not done, he gets buried in a cardboard box in an unmarked grave. Bottom line…don’t come to Texas and kill our people and expect to get away with it because you are from another country. Murder is murder…and we execute murders here in Texas.

  • Mike in San Antonio

    This rapist/murderer has been living at the expense of the Texas taxpayers for the past 15 years. Here’s my feeling on his execution. We should box up his body and send it to the Texas/Mexico border. On arrival, we should turn over the body to the Mexican government and his family only after a bill for room, board, food, medical care, legal fees, etc. is paid in full along with compensation to the victim’s families. After that is done, they can bury him where they want to. If it is not done, he gets buried in a cardboard box in an unmarked grave. Bottom line…don’t come to Texas and kill our people and expect to get away with it because you are from another country. Murder is murder…and we execute murders here in Texas.

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