x-date set for Jose Medellin
Jose Medellin, whose death sentence has caused international outrage and already one SCOTUS decision, has a new x-date, August 5th.
State District Judge Caprice Cosper set the Aug. 5 lethal injection for 33-year-old Jose Medellin for his participation in the gang rape and strangulation deaths of 2 teenage girls 15 years ago in Houston when they stumbled upon a gang initiation rite.. . .
Medellin, handcuffed and wearing a bright lime green jail jumpsuit, stood impassively between his lawyers as Cosper read the order. Lawyers for Medellin and the Mexican government urged her to delay setting the execution date.
“This is a case whose effects go far beyond this courtroom,” Medellin’s attorney, Sandra Babcock, said.. . .
Medellin is among 14 native Mexicans on death row in Texas. Mexico has no death penalty and sued the United States in the world court in 2003. Mexico and other opponents of capital punishment have sought to use the world court to fight for foreigners facing execution in the U.S.
Monday’s order makes Medellin at least the sixth inmate in Texas scheduled to die in the coming months.
Medellin was convicted for the June 1993 murders of Elizabeth Pena, 16, and Jennifer Ertman, 14.
May 7th, 2008 at 7:06 am
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August 6th, 2008 at 10:11 am
In regards to Jose Medellin, to be living in the US since he was three, dictates to me his family became citizens of the US. In that regard, I don’t feel Mexico had any say in this matter and Jose or his family were trying every avenue to avoid or delay the punishment that came from his participation of the crimes he committed. Hopefully, this should send a strong message to all citizens; regardless of color, race, backrounds; commit the crime, do the time…