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  • Jose Medellin and International Law

    10/10/2007 6:25:15 PM PDT · by shield · 21 replies · 458+ views
    BlogsForBush ^ | October 10th, 2007 | Mark Noonan
    Rick G over at Lone Star Times provides a relentlessly honest look at the case of rapist/murderer/illegal immigrant Jose Medellin and the Bush Administrations concerns vis a vis the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. I highly recommend reading the whole thing if you want to be fully informed on this increasingly contentious case. At issue is whether or not Medellin - a man undoubtedly guilty of a horrible crime - shold have his case reconsidered because the Texas authorities did not provide access for Medellin to the Mexican consulate prior to his trial and conviction. Texas is holding that since...