This off the wires about ruthless murderer Humberto Garcia down in the Lone Star State.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20077712-503544.html

If you read the details of his brutal crime, you'll see that his case is the prototype for when capital punishment is necessary.  His rape and murder of 16-year-old Adria Sauceda was as bad as it gets.  She was raped with a wooden stick that had a screw protruding from it, then her head was smashed open with a 40-pound rock.  The perp was found at the scene of the crime, naked of course.

In a case of a true criminal being able to hoodwink otherwise intelligent people, he attempted to show that he was victimized because he was an illegal alien, and in fact he convinced two United States presidents, one from each party.  Note that he never proclaimed innocence, and in his last words he admitted to the crime.

Glad to see that the Supreme Court passed on this one, as they had already ruled against SCOTUS intervention on this subject years ago.

Funny thing is... President O'bama claims to be an expert in constitutional law.  His appeal to the SCOTUS was nothing but a pandering publicity stunt.  He knew well that the Federal Government presently is powerless to intervene in this application of Texas Justice.

The justices on the supreme court who unsuccessfully voted for a stay of execution also have exposed themselves as driven by ideology instead of the constitution.  It is not their job to speculate what laws "may be passed in the future".  It is their job to apply the laws of the present. If we take their approach, ALL sentences should be suspended, because, after all, there is a chance that the laws that apply to all convictions may some day be eliminated.

Adios, mofo...   http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/02/behead.gif

I support a complete federal abolition of capital punishment.

Mr. Garcia rotted in prison for for 27 years.  I would have let him rot for another 27 or however long his sorryass life lasted and then stuck him in the ground without a name.  He wouldn't get to martyr himself for an international cause; he'd just be old, alone, and forgotten.

The state of Texas should have let Garcia contact the Mexican consulate.  You know what his país de madre would have told him?
"Adios, mofo!"
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Some U.N. muckity muck is now blasting the US of A for "violating international law".  ;D

http://news.yahoo.com/un-official-us-execution-leal-broke-intl-law-160400028.html

There's no end of pencil-necked busybodies over at the U.N.  International Law only applies to the vanquished.

George W. Bush, the most execution-happy governor in the history of the union, pleaded Perry to stay Leal's execution.  Hmmm....
:-\\

George W. Bush, the most execution-happy governor in the history of the union, pleaded Perry to stay Leal's execution.  Hmmm....
:-\\


GWB was in the pockets of the Mexican Government.  He was all for illegal immigration and handing out amnesty.

GWB was in the pockets of the Mexican Government.  He was all for illegal immigration and handing out amnesty.


Say...what did the Mexican government care about this guy Leal?
???

Some U.N. muckity muck is now blasting the US of A for "violating international law".  ;D

http://news.yahoo.com/un-official-us-execution-leal-broke-intl-law-160400028.html

There's no end of pencil-necked busybodies over at the U.N.  International Law only applies to the vanquished.


No, international law applies to all who signed on to it.  If we break our word to live by it, others will do the same to us.

No, international law applies to all who signed on to it.  If we break our word to live by it, others will do the same to us.


Well apparently the United States Government did not properly ratify the 'law', else there would not have been two separate SCOTUS rulings that stated that the treaty, as it currently exists with Federal and State laws, is unenforceable upon the great State of Texas.

In contract law this means that there was no "meeting of the minds" when whoever it was signed the treaty (probably was JFK since it dates to 1963), because he did not realize that American law did not assure its enforcement.

The Federal government has had years to correct this defect and so it is clear that the Congress has chosen to not support this aspect.  Furthermore in 2005, the USA opted out of the "Optional protocol" to the convention, which means that we do not submit to the jurisdiction of the 'International Court of Justice'.  So there is nothing they can do but wring their hands.

If the UN geeks want to find a figurehead upon which to build their case, a confessed child rapist/murderer is not a good choice.  That ain't Mother Teresa who got the needle on Thursday night.

Texas wants to secede from the union...at least Rick Scott and the right-wing crazies want to.

Maybe it's time we gave Texas its wish and expelled them!
::)

I'm not feeling sorry for the character Leal, but his execution was a bad diplomatic move by a state government that shows again and again a narcissistic contempt for the rest of the world.  The death penalty might give a jolt of satisfaction to the victim's family and revenge-minded citizens, but it solves nothing and is not part of acceptable jurisprudence in the civilized world.

Texas wants to secede from the union...at least Rick Scott and the right-wing crazies want to.

... his execution was a bad diplomatic move by a state government that shows again and again a narcissistic contempt for the rest of the world. 

As the President is always eager to point out, international matters are the domain of the Federal Government.  If previous Presidents (Dem and Repub alike) had done their job protecting the boarders, Leal and his family might never had made it to the USA to start with.

The truth of the matter, of course, is that Leal and his family were no more "Mexican" than you or me, Max.  They were essentially undocumented, stateless individuals who never intended to go back to Mexico and were not American citizens either.

I wonder if his corpse was offered up to the Mexican Consulate? ???

Texas wants to secede from the union...at least Rick Scott and the right-wing crazies want to.

Maybe it's time we gave Texas its wish and expelled them!
::)




You have my vote

The death penalty is a failure, Europe has higher standard of living and less crime without the death penalty. It's not about defending the actions of criminals, they should be locked up, but the death penalty DOES NOT REDUCE CRIME. To be honest looking at the evidence I think it raises crime.

The death penalty is a failure, Europe has higher standard of living and less crime without the death penalty. It's not about defending the actions of criminals, they should be locked up, but the death penalty DOES NOT REDUCE CRIME. To be honest looking at the evidence I think it raises crime.


We have a retrograde scourge of death penalty fetishists who vote for a scourge of death penalty fetishists to represent them in Congress.  They think Europeans a bunch oh commie-f@g-junkies leeching national security off Uncle Sam's Largess.  That's right.  If it wasn't for us, the good old U.S. of A here to protect you,you know what you'd be?  THE SMALLEST F**KING PROVINCE IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE!  IF IT WASN'T FOR US, YOU'D ALL BE SPEAKING GERMAN: . Deutschland, Deutschland über alles,
Ãœber alles in der Welt,
Wenn es stets zu Schutz und Trutze
Brüderlich zusammenhält,
Von der Maas bis an die Memel,
Von der Etsch bis an den Belt -
|: Deutschland, Deutschland über alles,
  Ãœber alles in der Welt.

So don't you call me, stupid, lady, you just thank me!