Jose’ Medellin, a Mexican national and here in this country illegally, was executed in Texas late Tuesday for the slaying of two teenage girls back in 1993. The girls, before they died, were subjected to gang rape, beating and strangling by Medellin and 5 of his fellow gang members.
All manner of human rights groups, The International Court of Justice, the country of Mexico AND the Bush Administration asked that Medellin be retried as he was not informed of his “right” to seek help from the Mexican Consulate as per the 1963 Vienna Convention. (quick aside: between Bush Administration’s handling, or lack thereof, of the Ramos/Campeon Border Patrol Agent situation and now, this, we're wondering what sort of pictures of Bush the Mexican government has in its possession).
Governor Rick Perry's response: "the world court has no standing in Texas."
"It is striking the difference of perspective between the United States and many other countries," said David Fathi, U.S. program director for the group Human Rights Watch, which had opposed the execution.
You got that right, boss.
This is just a reminder of the type of nonsense to which this country will be vulnerable upon further entanglements with supra-national U.N.-type courts.
Exit question: Assuming Medellin was afforded legal counsel, why would it then be reasonable to assume that Medellin, an illegal alien, should be afforded any more protection and legal advice than a citizen of this country would be afforded?
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
One and Done....
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Answering exit question:
Because it would make the US look bad.
As for the Prez... *sigh* Sometimes I wish he were less of a good Christian, and more of a good leader! There IS such a think as too much charity in your dealings with others!
What particularly galls me is that after coming here as a 3 year old (apparently legally), and being essentially raised as an American, everybody wanted to treat him as if he was a Mexican national, fresh from across the border.
And yet, if we try to deport some one here illegally, we get hammered unless they get all the rights of a Citizen (capitialized on purpose!).
I see these as both indefensible, but even worse, as contradictory. Pick, at most, one.
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