Death Penalty
Florida Executes Violent Rapist
STARKE, Fla. — A Florida man convicted of shooting two young sisters in the head after raping and shooting their mother was executed Tuesday after a two-hour delay while authorities awaited final rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Richard “Ric Ric” Henyard, 34, was pronounced dead at 8:16 p.m. He had been condemned for [...]
Mexico Angry Over Medellin Execution
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — 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 [...]
Will Jose Medellin Be Executed?
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Mexican-born condemned prisoner Jose Medellin’s request for a reprieve.
The court denied the request late Tuesday, more than three hours after Medellin’s execution was to take place. The death warrant remains in effect until midnight CDT.
The 33-year-old Medellin claims he was denied treaty-guaranteed help from the [...]
Texas Set To Execute Mexican National
Jose Medellin is one of 51 Mexicans on death row across the US who contend they were denied prompt access to their home country’s consular officials after their arrest, a right guaranteed by the Vienna Convention.
The International Court of Justice in 2004 ordered that all the prisoners should have new hearings to determine if the [...]
Lethal Injection OK’d In Kentucky
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Use Of Lethal Injections:
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court upheld Kentucky’s use of lethal injection executions Wednesday.
The justices, by a 7-2 vote, turned back a constitutional challenge to the procedures in place in Kentucky, which uses three drugs to sedate, paralyze and kill inmates.
“We … agree that petitioners have not [...]
