Originally Posted by Beowulf

Whoa. From the link it says that the US Supreme Court last March ruled for Texas, allowing the Medellin execution to proceed, apparently blaming congressional "inaction" on the issue of compliance. So a state can go rogue??? I know that Texas is the only state without a Supreme Court, but this is ridiculous. If the US disregards its legal abligation in this case, it will be hard pressed to argue that other countries should respect the rights of US citizens under arrest. What a fine fix we are in.