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AMERICANS ABROAD ENDANGERED?

Texas set to defy World Court with execution03 Aug 2008 12:20:48 GMT Source: Reuters By Ed StoddardAMERICANS ABROAD ENDANGERED?Support for the death penalty may be strong in Texas but opinion on the issue is by no means uniform. In a recent editorial, The Dallas Morning News urged the governor to halt Medellin's execution.DALLAS, Aug 3 (Reuters) -Texas is set to defy the World Court and anger Mexico on Tuesday by executing a Mexican national who was not informed of his right to consular services after his arrest. Texas, by far America's most active death penalty state, condemned Jose Medellin for the 1993 rape and murder of 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena in Houston. Another girl was killed in the vicious gang-related assault but Medellin was convicted only of Pena's murder...continue to full post

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