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Mexican, White, Brown, Red or Yellow... he's a rapist and a murderer and he got what was coming to him and as a victim and survivor of a violent rape myself,  he deserved a hell of alot more than a needle to the arm and put into a permanent slumber.   His victims weren't given such "humane" treatment.   He should have taken a dirt nap a long time ago with a bullet imbedded in his head.

Texas executes Mexican-born rapist, murderer 08:36 AM CDT on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 The Associated Press

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Texas executed Mexican-born prisoner José Medellín late Tuesday night for the 1993 rape-torture slayings of two teenage Houston girls.

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"I'm sorry my actions caused you pain. I hope this brings you the closure that you seek," Mr. Medellín said to witnesses in the death chamber. He was pronounced dead a few minutes before 10 p.m.

The execution was delayed for several hours while the U.S. Supreme Court considered his appeal. He had claimed that he was denied treaty-guaranteed help from the Mexican Consulate when he was arrested.

The Supreme Court denied the appeal 5-4. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that to permit the execution would place the United States "in violation of international law and breaks our treaty promises."