Let’s drill down a bit to examine what happened last night, when the Supreme Court issued a per curium opinion denying Jose Medellin’s request for a stay of execution. Four justices dissented from the opinion. Medellin, whose appointment with the needle was delayed while the high court deliberated, was put to death at approximately 10 [...]
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August 5, 2008
Court clears way for Medellin execution
Tuesday evening, the Supreme Court denied Jose Medellin’s request for a stay of execution.
He likely will be executed at any moment this evening.
Four justices dissented from the per curiam decision: Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and David Souter.
Read the order and dissents here: Medellin order
August 5, 2008
Mexican Medellin set to die in hours
Lawyers for convicted murderer Jose Ernesto Medellin are awaiting word from the Supreme Court whether his execution in Texas by lethal injection, set for this evening at 7 pm CST, will be stayed.
Last night, they filed their final brief to Justice Antonin Scalia, who can decide whether to issue the stay himself, decide to do [...]
