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Federal officials try to block Texas execution to allow world court review of case
The Dallas Morning News ^ | July 28, 2008 | DIANE JENNINGS

Posted on 07/28/2008 11:47:22 AM PDT by Texican72

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To: Texican72

This is not the America my grandfather knew.


21 posted on 07/28/2008 11:57:18 AM PDT by polymuser (Taxpayers voting for Obama are like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders.)
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To: Texican72

Come on Texas, you’re the country’s last hope.


22 posted on 07/28/2008 11:57:24 AM PDT by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: 1riot1ranger; Action-America; Aggie Mama; Alkhin; Allegra; American72; antivenom; Antoninus II; ...

Houston PING


23 posted on 07/28/2008 11:57:53 AM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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To: Texican72

“and endangering Americans abroad.”

other than in Islamic countries, Americans have no reason to fear being put to death by any Government. they do not believe in capital punishment and want to imposed, their views on us.


24 posted on 07/28/2008 11:58:28 AM PDT by pennboricua
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To: Red Badger
Yes, sorry for my horrible spelling.
25 posted on 07/28/2008 12:02:01 PM PDT by fightinbluhen51 ("...If it moves, tax it, if it moves faster, regulate it, if it stops, subsidies it.")
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To: Texican72

Unbelievable.


26 posted on 07/28/2008 12:02:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Texican72

Pi$$ on the Feds! Shoot him up Yesterday!


27 posted on 07/28/2008 12:02:13 PM PDT by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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To: weegee
The “World Court” isn’t looking for a flaw in the case, the world opinion is that the death penalty is “wrong”. Not so much public outcry against the gang rape and murder of two teenaged girls.

You nailed it. This is nothing more than an attempt by death penalty foes to stop these executions. They claim the poor fellows weren't advised that they could contact their consul, as if that would have changed anything.

Texas will do the right thing and carry out justice in accordance with their laws.

28 posted on 07/28/2008 12:02:28 PM PDT by free me
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To: ClearCase_guy

No, that’d let them off too easily, they need to be gang raped and murdered the same way the victim’s were.


29 posted on 07/28/2008 12:03:17 PM PDT by MissEdie (On the Sixth Day God created Spurrier)
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To: Texican72
Sounds like a serious Constitutional battle could be brewing.
We'll see if the state of Texas has the juice to stand up to the Fed on this one. They are in the right. The Federales have no business with their noses in this issue.
30 posted on 07/28/2008 12:03:53 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great spirits will always encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds.)
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To: Liberty Valance
More info about the actual crime here.
31 posted on 07/28/2008 12:03:54 PM PDT by packrat35 (If mccain is the answer-it must have been a REALLY stupid question)
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To: weegee

Actually, the issue is that this piece of human debris didn’t get to consult with his consulate before trial or something to that effect. If TX execute him, this may put American abroad in the same situation - unable to contact their consulate while being held for a crime.
Of course, I doubt it occurred to this piece of trash to ask. Most Americans know enough to demand to speak to their consulate as soon as they are arrested.
An any case, waste the bastard. Americans abroad will have to take their chances.


32 posted on 07/28/2008 12:03:54 PM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
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To: Jeff Head
The 2 Dem congressmen should be impeached. Their oath was to the Constitution. Same with the SCOTUS. If I hear one Justice even cite a "world court" ruling, they need to be removed. The "sanctuary city" officials should also be removed.

Are we seeing a pattern here?

I still believe the oath you take ought to mean something. If you take an oath to enforce American law, that's what we expect. You have no choice of laws you like or don't like.

33 posted on 07/28/2008 12:04:35 PM PDT by chuckles
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To: fightinbluhen51

You spelled it right..............But it was kinda funny. Empirical means something that can be proven by observation...........


34 posted on 07/28/2008 12:11:16 PM PDT by Red Badger (If we drill deep enough, we can reach the Saudi oil fields from THIS side..........)
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To: Little Ray

This man was not DENIED contact with his consulate. He and his lawyers never made the request.

A foreign nation which would DENY an American who requests audience with his consulate would be a different thing.


35 posted on 07/28/2008 12:11:25 PM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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To: Texican72

It’s ridiculous for alien criminal defendants to invoke this treaty on appeal when they never made any request to contact their country’s embassy before they went on trial. How is the state of Texas supposed to know that a prisoner is not a US citizen if that prisoner does not inform the state of that fact?


36 posted on 07/28/2008 12:12:54 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.)
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To: Texican72
The World Court is made up of left wing idiots who will NOT approve of any death of any criminal no matter the crime. As with the other left wing idiots in the EU it is their position to be on the side of the criminals and murderers and to hell with the victims.

Hang him!

37 posted on 07/28/2008 12:15:18 PM PDT by YOUGOTIT (The Greatest Threat to our Security is the Royal 100 Club)
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To: weegee
The difference between being denied access to his consulate and not asking for it is apparently a very subtle difference, and probably a nonexistent one to the legal weasels.
“You should have TOLD us to contact the Mexican Consulate...” or something to that effect. You know how “rights” in the legal world tend to morph...
38 posted on 07/28/2008 12:16:49 PM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Under amnesty and sanctuary provisions of many communities, he is to be accepted as a citizen (even though he may not vote).

He’s treated as a local and suddenly there is an outcry.


39 posted on 07/28/2008 12:21:15 PM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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To: Little Ray

A public defender (don’t know if he used one) may give him flawed representation but that is true of any lawyer even in private practice. Was it a deliberate act on the part of his legal defense to deny him access to his consulate?


40 posted on 07/28/2008 12:23:05 PM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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