Mexico Condemns Medellin Execution
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Mexico Condemns Medellin Execution
The execution of Mexican-born Jose Medellin is being condemned by Mexico's government.
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(August 6, 2008)—The execution of Jose Medellin is being condemned by Mexico's government.

Mexico's Foreign Relations Department said it sent a note of protest to the U.S. State Department about the case.

The case drew international attention because of allegations that Medellin wasn't allowed to consult the Mexican consulate for legal help following his arrest.

Mexican-born 33-year-old Medellin was executed late Tuesday for the 1993 rape-slayings of two teenage Houston girls after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his request for a reprieve in a split vote.

In Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, where Medellin was born, a small group of his relatives condemned his execution.

A large black bow and a banner that read "No to the death penalty ... may God forgive you," hung from an iron fence in the front of the house where Medellin lived until moving to the United States at the age of 3.

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Posted by: Me Location: Central Texas on Aug 12, 2008 at 12:31 PM

John/Candy, with modern forensic science, and courts that give more rights to perpetrators than victims, it is very rare that an innocent person is convicted and sentenced to death. However, let's say there 1,000,000 violent criminals locked up, out of the 1,000,000 2 are innocent... would you release all 1,000,000 to spare the 2?
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Posted by: Tim Location: Waco on Aug 12, 2008 at 09:30 AM

This Sam Bam person and Alamo dude is right on. You must be from Mexico. Did you and Candy dandy travel together? Can't we all just get along? Must you people fight, even though little John is wrong and Candy pandy is uneducated?
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Posted by: Mac Location: TX on Aug 12, 2008 at 09:19 AM

John, it appears that this Mac attack is to much for you. I guess you stayed on the john to long. Wipe your face, that's not egg on it.
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