Posted by
Furious on Thursday, August 07, 2008 12:32:45 PM
From Fox News:
Mexico's government condemned Texas' execution of Jose Medellin despite a world court order to review the case, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States.
Mexico's Foreign Relations Department said it sent a note of protest to the U.S. State Department about the case, which drew international attention because of allegations that Medellin wasn't allowed to consult the Mexican consulate for legal help following his arrest.
Texas executed the Mexican-born Medellin, 33, late Tuesday for the 1993 slayings of two teenage Houston girls after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his request for a reprieve in a split vote.
Medellin was convicted of participating in the gang rape, beating and strangling of Elizabeth Pena, 16, and Jennifer Ertman, 14. He and five fellow gang members attacked the girls as they were walking home on a June night, raped and tortured them for an hour, then kicked and stomped them before using a belt and shoelaces to strangle them.
I honestly can not remember a time when I have been as disgusted with the liberal “international community” as I am now.
I have one and only one thought to impart on the Mexican government (as corrupt as it is) how about keeping your economic refugees to yourself.
We seldom read a story that details the laughable Mexican legal system. We only see the world targeting us.
If he committed this crime in Iran, what do you suppose his sentence would be?
How about Cuba? China? Russia? Indonesia? Most of Africa and Asia? The Muslim world? A beheadding would be the most merciful punishment. Why do we never see stories detailing these nation's alleged judicial abuses?
No need to answer that. We are vilified because we are free. We are free to enforce heinous crimes with appropriate penalties. That is nothing to be ashamed of.
If I were to steal across the border into Mexico and commit such atrocities on Mexican soil to Mexican citizens; there is no doubt in my mind, I would not be long for this world. There would be no trial.
Who the hell are these corrupt, phony, pompous Mexicans to tell us how we should enforce our laws? Perhaps they should tend to their own housekeeping before they accuse us of a messy house.
I say: to hell with Mexico. I’m sick to death with tyrants pointing fingers at us. And why do we care what they all think? Do they consult us on their laws?
I simply do not understand why we stand around, wringing our hands and hoping the world loves us
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I would rather the world respect us. Such respect can only come from our strength of convictions and being consistant and transparent in enforcing the laws that we free people chooose to dictate.
We would lose whatever respect we do have if we were to actually take action on what amounts to a repudiation of us by our enemies.
The story, on its own, sickens me, but some of our reactions to it may be almost as sickening.