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08-05-2008, 10:42 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080806/ts_alt_afp/usmexicoicjjusticeexecution
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Supreme Court has rejected a last-ditch appeal by a Mexican muderer on Texas death row, paving the way for him to be put to death despite a world court order for a stay of execution.
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"The application for stay of execution of sentence of death ... is denied," the Supreme Court ruled.
Jose Ernesto Medellin, 33, who was convicted for the 1993 rape and murder of two teenagers, was due to be executed by lethal injection at 6 pm local time Tuesday.
To the world court :fu:
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Supreme Court has rejected a last-ditch appeal by a Mexican muderer on Texas death row, paving the way for him to be put to death despite a world court order for a stay of execution.
ADVERTISEMENT
"The application for stay of execution of sentence of death ... is denied," the Supreme Court ruled.
Jose Ernesto Medellin, 33, who was convicted for the 1993 rape and murder of two teenagers, was due to be executed by lethal injection at 6 pm local time Tuesday.
To the world court :fu: