In Texas Conviction, an Immigrant Rallying Cry

The New York Times ^ | September 26, 2012 | ETHAN BRONNER

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GATESVILLE, Tex. — In January, Rosa Jimenez, an illegal Mexican immigrant, will have spent 10 years in prison in the bleak scrublands of Central Texas for a crime she says she did not commit: forcing a wad of paper towels down the throat of a toddler in her care, making him choke and ultimately die.She sits here in the Mountain View Prison Unit, a maximum-security facility for women, folding prison laundry, reading Bible stories and praying for exoneration while her two children are brought up by foster parents. To some, Ms. Jimenez has become a symbol of the inequality of the American criminal justice system — a process that began with a 2007 Mexican documentary that showed the prosecutor saying of Ms. Jimenez, “Despite being from Mexico, she’s very intelligent,” and that enraged the mayor of her hometown.

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Now the United States Supreme Court is reviewing a petition for a retrial, a filing that was joined by Mexico’s president-elect, Enrique Peña Nieto, who contends that there is a widespread perception that Mexican nationals cannot get a fair trial in Texas, and says that is “bad for the citizens of both our countries.”...........When he takes office he needs to address the the country of Mexico and tell them to stay far,far away from America. Example..My people I urge you to remain in Mexico, if arrested and any of you be in Texas, be warned, Mexicans nationals cannot get a fair trial in Texas.Please remain in Mexico.. Everybody locked up says the same thing.. I am locked up for a crime I did not commit:Mexico always has time and money for illegals here .Mexico crimes are so under control the new Mexico’s president-elect,can meddle in American affairs.

[OrangeHoof]

It never amazes when the NY Times takes the side of a convicted criminal but it does amaze me when they cite “reading Bible stories” as a character enhancer yet when white conservatives read Bible stories, the Times thinks there is something sinister and suspicious about them.

[dila813]

And I have never heard of an American Locked up for a crime in Mexico that they didn’t commit.

[sportutegrl]

About that Bible story: She said she was moved by the story of Bathsheba, whose husband was sent by King David to die at the battlefront so David could take her as his wife. “I imagine her saying to David, ‘You can take my body, but nobody can take my mind,’ ” Ms. Jimenez said.

Bathsheba was bathing on the rooftop, when she caught the King's eye. She was hoping to trade up.

[tumblindice]

Lemme see if I understand. No matter what really happened here, she was the babysitter and supposed to be watching the little kid, right? Cry me a river, then send Mexico the legal bills.

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As a postscript, don’t call me `Mr. Pink’ and I’m not tipping the Guitterez woman.

[Slump Tester]

Gee, maybe she should have stayed in Mexico instead of coming here ILLEGALLY.

I'll bet her kids are here and on the dole. We probably pay the foster parents who raise them, too.

[kenavi]

The principle to justify Supreme Court intervention is that the defendant didn't have the resources of the State.

Who does?

[Feckless]

in the bleak scrublands of Central Texas

This (10 miles outside Gatesville, Texas) is as close to heaven as I'll ever get. You can kiss my red neck, bleak scrubland, TEXAS ass.

[TADSLOS]

Lol. As opposed to the lush wonderland called Mexico. Hell, let ‘em think it’s bleak. We have too many Yankees and Kahleefornians moving here already.

[VeniVidiVici]

Mexican nationals cannot get a fair trial in Texas, and says that is “bad for the citizens of both our countries.”..

Right. Just like those backwards, third-world laws down in Mexico give US citizens a fair shake.

I get so freaking tired of Mexico whining all of the time.