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Texas Defies UN, Executes Killer

World Court had ordered hearing

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 6, 2008 2:33 AM CDT

(Newser) – A Mexican national convicted of raping and murdering two girls was executed in Texas yesterday in defiance of an international court. Attorneys for Jose Medellin, 33, had argued that authorities violated an international treaty when Medellin was denied access to Mexican consular officials after his...   Read full story »

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