Summary
U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the conviction and death sentence of Jose Medellin, a Mexican national convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of two teenaged girls in Houston. The case involved Medellin's claim that when the police failed to notify the Mexican Consulate following his arrest, they violated an international treaty signed in 1963. He also argued that the Texas courts' rejection of his claim violated a 2004 World Court decision and that decision required that the judgment be set aside. CJLF joined the case on behalf of one of the murdered girl's parents to argue that this murderer's international rights claim had already been considered and rejected by the Texas Courts, and that no further delay of his sentence was required. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Texas court. [CJLF brief in PDF.]
