Topic: Jose Medellin

World Court Mexican Executions

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the U.S. to stay the executions of five Mexican prisoners in Texas , pending a review of their cases. World Court asks U.S. to stay 5 executions (July 16, 2008) In 1994 , Mexican citizen ...

Jennifer Ertman

Jennifer Ertman was a Houston teenager who was murdered in 1993 . The Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena Six suspects were eventually convicted , one of them being a Mexican national, Jose Medellin . The Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena Medellin ...
For many years now, I've been a fan of the true crime genre; reading nothing but these nonfiction tales of the worst side of mankind. Efrain Perez, Raul Villarreal, Peter Cantu, Joe Medellin, Venancio "Yuni" Medellin, Jr., and Sean O'Brien ...
World Court to rule on emergency Mexican appeal to stay US executionsThe U.N.'s highest court is ruling Wednesday on an emergency Mexican appeal to block the execution of its citizens on death row in the United States.At hastily convened ...
A Mexican convicted of murder in Texas has appealed to the US Supreme Court to stay his execution set for Tuesday so lawmakers can enforce an International Court of Justice order to halt his and other Mexicans' executions.Jose Ernesto Medellin, convicted ...
Texas says Mexican-born murderer will be executed, overruling World Court and President BushThe planned execution this week of a man convicted in one of Houston's most brutal murder cases in a generation has become among the most contentious in the state ...
Mexican citizen facing execution in Texas asks US Supreme Court for a reprieveFour months after losing his case at the Supreme Court, a Mexican citizen facing execution next week in Texas asked the justices Friday for a last-minute reprieve.Jose Medellin, set ...
7 Mexican Inmates on Death Row in Texas Lose Bids to Appeal to Supreme CourtSeven Mexican-born inmates on Texas' death row lost their bid Monday to state their case before the U.S. Supreme Court, following the court's ruling last week ...

Death case pits Texas against Bush

Supreme Court Weighs Bush, International Court Roles in Texas Death Penalty for MexicanPresident Bush and Texas, the state he once led, were on opposite sides of a Supreme Court dispute Wednesday over the role of international law and claims of executive power ...
Supreme Court Case Pits Bush Against Texas Over Death Penalty for MexicanTo put it bluntly, Texas wants President Bush to get out of the way of the state's plan to execute a Mexican for the brutal killing of two teenage girls ...