The inequalities of Sexual Assault

Read two very different articles last night from the news. The first one dealt with a 33 year old female volunteer scout master having "unforced' sex with a 16 year scout. The article named the ACCUSED, placed her picture in the article, and basically proceeded to make all sorts of toned down remarks on the alleged crime. What I found most striking about it, the comments section. People although condemning her actions, or alleged actions were very supportive of the idea of an older female with a late teen boy. Unlike what comments have been in the past when the roles were reversed.

The second article dealt with a 9 year old boy and a 6 year old girl. THe alleged offender, and his alleged victim were neither named, however the coments were much more harsh, calling the 9 year old boy child a monster, terrible, and some even saying that he should be kill "to stop him from ding it again" .

This is troubling. A 9 year old child who probably had limited knowledge of what he was doing is a monster, yet a 33 year old female is just a little mis-understood? How does that work out again?

While I find both behaviors troubling at best, I clearly see the outcome of decades of programming by NOW, Code Pink, et. al. citing the fragility of the female species on one hand, but how they should be giving equal status in the world on the other. A 33 year old male would not have been treated in the same way. In the past, 33 year old men in the same situation are "Monsters", "evil", "perverts"; While females, no matter what the age are "mis-understood", "Abused at home", "seeking to escape from wrongs in her current relationship". Grow the fuck up people. Your misguided, uneducated stance on all things Sexually Related are so infantile it is sickening. Either label all as the same or sit down, and shut the fuck up on the matter.

Most women are more evil in the area of Sexual assault, due to the planning of the assault, their ignoring of multiple parental and adult programming traits, while men are more driven by power and sexual attraction alone.

Haleigh's Step mom Flunks Poly

Very interesting. SHe says that her uncle, who is a registered sex offender in Tennessee is the one that took Haleigh, However it now looks like Misty Cummings might have been involved, and the Uncle had nothing to do with it. After several hours questioning, The Uncle was released from Questioning and the questions are now pointing straight back to the bimbo 17 year old. Her stories are not following any consistent manner, and well it looks like folks, she is lying through her teeth.

Misty Cummings says she does not regret taking the tests. She also feels she passed them, even though the independent test administrators say she failed them.

Very interesting, however if you look at past articles both here and at other rSO related blogs, you will see we called it first folks. Just another example that these assholes will try anything to get away with doing something harmful to a child, and then find an easily accessible target like an rSO to blame.

Here is a Topix post, although you can find several media outlets that will confirm the story. you can also use that C-Hunt, Nancy Grace, although I don't suggest it, even if this time she is using her media presence to show some truth.

So now, we get some interesting info, the under-aged girlfriend/baby-sitter/now step mom has a jealousy streak about a 5 year old child, she was the last adult to see her, AND she fails a polygraph directly relating to issues and questions about Haleigh's disappearance. hmm, starting to sound a bit fishy? Thought so.

Oh and P.S. to the wonderful person that commented on an earlier posting here please think before you come on here and rant again. As you see, I am showing the world that their pathetic excuses, and their out-right lies about most of us are unfounded, and lead to months of effort being totally misplaced. As an rSO, just like others that are, we can spot bullshit. The story that the 17 year old tart, Misty, was giving didn't jive for a moment, and we knew that something more was amiss with her. No, we don't have all of the answers, however the therapy that WE go through actually helps us spot bullshit lies by others. Misty is bullshitting you, but she didn't bullshit US.

Ronald needs to come out about what he's hiding as well. he knows something, he wouldn't have been redirecting the question from N. Grace if he didn't. Whether there was an accident involved, or some sort of drug-induced rage, both of these people need to come clean soon, else dead or alive that child will never be found.

Nancy Grace is a cunt.

Yeah I said it, and I will say it again. Nancy Grace is a CUNT. Was watching the video regarding little Haylee Donathan, Nancy was blabbing about how she didn't like that fact that the feds have con-air (let's face it, this is acting. As a former prosecutor, she knows damned well that these planes fly "above her head"... talking about being dramatic..fucking tart).

The gyst of the video is the mom stated she fell in love with Robbi Potter. Robbi is supposed to be living in a halfway house, but decided to split with the mother and the child.

Now you know the media is gonna continuously state that he is a predator, that is why he split. only Robbi really knows why. However, I would like to interject one thing. What if the reason the guy split is because of the registry? It is possible after all. Young man, tired of the bullshit dealing with the registry. Sorry folks, hate to disillusion, there is NOTHING civil about the registry. It is totally punitive. For those that would say "Good, it deserves to be punitive', I offer this. Adding punitive measures after someone does their time erodes the Bill of Rights and the Constitution of the United States. There can be no exceptions to this, or it actually works against you as well. Freedoms that you believed to be inalienable are not so and the continued erosion will one day come around and bite you square on the ass. Now back to the video ...

Our dear Friend, Nancy, goes on to depict the mom and the 'sex offender' as doing this terrible thing. Now I might not be too bright but didn't they leave and basically take a vacation/ yeah Robbi did something bad by splitting, but did he actually commit any offense besides parole violations? yeah the Adam Walsh Act supposedly will come into play, but that is a bullshit law which shouldn't be there to begin with. In America we are supposed to deal with true justice, not some hokey fucking pipe dream made up by a drunk womanizing father, and a coked out, non-attentive mother...

I guess I am just confused is all, as to why they are so upset over all of this. The child was with her mom. According to the un-educated general public, this is what sex offenders do, right? I mean really, the Registry is there to allow them to punish us everyday... So where is the big surprise?

Here's the Link to the cunt...err Nancy

Yet another article on how ineffective the registry is in Texas

Discretion is the hallmark of the criminal justice system in Texas. The laws are written clearly, but the decisions are left to people. Juries are empowered to examine the facts of cases and make responsible decisions regarding guilt and innocence. Judges are trusted to maintain decorum and uphold the laws so that justice can prevail. At all times, participants within the court system are expected to handle difficult and sensitive matters in the interests of fairness and justice.

The Sex Offender Registration Program is the exception to this general principle. Unlike most areas of the criminal justice system, judges are given no discretion whatsoever. Under Texas law, when a person is convicted of a qualifying sex offense he or she is automatically and permanently required to register as a sex offender.

The laws providing for mandatory lifelong sex offender registration are ineffective. For the justice system to live up to its name, judges should be given discretion over the terms of registration.

Texas Sex Offender Registration Laws

Under the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, anyone who is convicted of a sexual offense is required to register with local law enforcement as part of the Sex Offender Registration Program. Depending on the particular crime, the offender must register for 10 years, or for his or her entire lifetime.

The duration of the registration requirement depends entirely upon the crime; once a person is convicted, a judge has absolutely no discretion. The judge cannot decide that the registration period should be limited or that registration is inappropriate under the circumstances. The required registration period is mandated by the relevant statutes.

The Problem With Eliminating Discretion: No Two Cases Are the Same

Some may argue that the lack of discretion leads to equitable treatment; one person convicted of possessing child pornography should be treated the same as any other person convicted of possessing of child pornography. However, in criminal matters the circumstances are always important. No two cases are identical and removing a judge's discretion does not lead to equitable treatment.

For example, consider the case of a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old who are engaged in a consensual sexual relationship. Despite the laws, such relationships are undoubtedly common and rarely draw the attention of Texas courts. However, in the event that the relationship turns sour or results in pregnancy, the 16-year-old may report the encounters as nonconsensual.

In accordance with Texas law, the 18-year-old could be prosecuted for indecency with a child. Indecency with a child is an offense requiring registration; if convicted, the older partner would be required to register for life.

This hypothetical is not intended to undermine the very real threat of sex offense or to suggest that all accusations are false. However, by leaving the judges without any discretion in sentencing, people who truly pose no threat are classified and publicly ostracized with those who are legitimately dangerous. Lifetime registration as a sex offender is a tremendous burden to place on someone for a mistake made at age 18 in a consensual relationship.

An Overinclusive Registry Undermines the Intent of Notification

Furthermore, including this hypothetical 18-year-old ultimately undermines the registry. One of the primary purposes of a sex offender registry is to alert the public to local people who are potentially dangerous. When people who are not truly threatening are included in this database, the registry is overinclusive and becomes less valuable.

If judges had discretion, they could examine the individual circumstances and determine whether a particular offender is likely to commit another offense in the future. Accordingly, the registry could be limited to those who truly threaten others and therefore warrant inclusion.

Alternately, the judge could consider the circumstances and determine whether a shorter registration period might be sufficient, rather than the current lifetime registration requirement. Again, this would alert the public to people who had recently committed sex offenses without including those who haven't committed crimes for decades.

Unfortunately, judges in Texas are not currently given this type of decision making authority; they are beholden to unbending laws. As a result, it is extremely important that anyone accused of any type of sex offense in Texas take these accusations seriously and consult with an experienced criminal defense attorney. A knowledgeable lawyer cannot change the laws, but can take actions to minimize the potential consequences of any accusation.

To the Article

Attorney General, Shapiro, and the lot...

AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, state Sen. Florence Shapiro and Rep. Aaron Pena today marked the Texas Senate’s passage of legislation that would require convicted sex offenders to provide their online and cellular telephone account information to the state’s Sex Offender Registry. Senate Bill 689 passed the Senate on Monday and is now pending in the Texas House of Representatives.

What they forget to explain to you is that even if you are NOT convicted that you still have to give these up. By legislating Guilt, the legislature has mandated those who's charges were dismissed to continue to register.

“This legislation will help protect children by ensuring that state law keeps up with modern technology,” Attorney General Abbott said. “By requiring sexual predators to provide their electronic identities, the Legislature is simply improving existing registration requirements – which require convicted sex offenders to provide their addresses to the Department of Public Safety. As Attorney General, I am grateful to Sen. Shapiro and Rep. Pena for their innovative approach and commitment to Texas children.”

Bullshit. This actually is a clever ploy by them to circumvent the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Sen. Shapiro added: “I have spent my career protecting the innocent against predatory sexual offenders, beginning with Ashley's Laws in 1995. With today’s new Internet sites, it is now time to take this fight into the virtual world and target those who target our children through social networking sites, chat rooms and live video gaming systems. I commend General Abbott for his work against these most heinous criminals as well, and am grateful to his Cyber Crimes Unit for the strides it has made to bring these offenders to justice.”

Actually no she hasn't. Ms. Shapiro has spent her legislative career getting family members appointed to the various Holocaust committees, diverting state funds to Israel for economic purposes, as well as allowing herself to also infringe rights of those she deems unpure... Funny how a Jewish woman would use the same tactics as Hitler did.. I will bet that her mother and father are turning over in their graves.

Rep. Pena said: “We are closer today to preventing sex offenders from using social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook to prey upon our children. SB689 is an important progression in making the Internet safer from online predators. This legislation will provide law enforcement with new tools, resources and information to track sex offenders online.”

And Here they even tell you that they want to usurp the Bill of Rights by blocking access to all Internet sites.

The bills – Senate Bill 689 by Sen. Shapiro and its companion House Bill 1239 by Rep. Pena – include four key provisions that strengthen state sex offender registration laws:

689 was the only one to actually pass, but the other was exactly the same.

• Registration of Internet accounts and e-mail addresses. If enacted, the legislation would require all sex offenders to register their Internet account and online identifiers, including e-mail addresses and designations used for online chatting, instant messaging, social networking or other similar Internet communication. The law would require that sex offenders notify their primary registration authority or the Department of Public Safety, which manages the state’s Sex Offender Registry, any time offenders change their Internet service providers or other online identifiers.

Wow.. As you can see, they want your life so they can contact the ISP's, Social sites as well as ANY site that you register with to DENY you access. Yeah, that pretty much kills opportunity to have First Amendment rights...

• Registration of mobile telephone numbers. Dramatic growth within the mobile communications sector has increased children’s access to cellular telephones. As a result, young Texans now frequently send text messages, transfer photographs, and use their mobile telephones to chat online. To help prevent sexual predators from using mobile phones to prey upon children, the law would require registered sex offenders to register their cell phone numbers with the DPS.

This one I find interesting. How does this 'protect' the children again. What, some rSO is gonna randomly dial or text phones until he finds someone to exploit?.. Oh whatever, this is just another way to give out your information to be harassed

• Sharing information with law enforcement. Authorizes DPS to release state sex offender Internet identifiers to the OAG and social networking sites (i.e., MySpace.com, Facebook.com).

See! Explained this above. What does Facebook or Myspace need to know my phone number for again?

• Internet prohibitions for certain sex offenders. Requires sentencing courts and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to prohibit certain sex offenders (e.g., those who committed a sex offense against a minor; are designated a level 3 sex offender; or used the Internet to facilitate the commission of the crime), as a condition of parole or probation, from using the Internet to access obscene material; access a commercial social networking Web site; communicate with other individuals or groups for the purpose of promoting sexual relations with persons under 17; or communicate with a person under 17 when such offender is over 17.

Ok, as a PROBATION requirement, I can see that. However, I am not on Probation or Parole.. So how again can you legally MAKE me do these things?

In 2003, Attorney General Abbott established the Cyber Crimes Unit to crackdown on child pornographers and sexual predators who use the Internet to prey upon children. The Cyber Crimes Unit has arrested 105 predators in 25 Texas counties and Indonesia. These defendants were caught trying to arrange sexual encounters online with victims they acknowledged were young children. The “children” actually were undercover investigators. Cyber Crimes Unit investigators have also obtained convictions against 96 individuals on child pornography charges.

Ok, I cannot fault them for trying to stop people from harming children. That IS protecting them, however I find it a flat lie to say they arrested someone in Indonesia.. Texas law is long, but it ain't that long.

Since taking office, Attorney General Abbott has earned a national reputation for aggressively arresting and prosecuting child sexual predators. In addition to arrest roundups, Abbott also launched a series of town hall meetings statewide to educate parents and teenagers about the kind of criminal activity that goes on in connection with Internet diaries, chat rooms and social networking sites. Thousands of concerned Texans turned out at venues across the state to participate in the interactive presentation about the risks of online predators and the steps parents can take to protect their children online.

Well, I am happy that he aggressively goes after predators. So why in the FUCK is he still messing with the other 97% of us that are not predators? I think it is funny in the quote above, how he is trying to teach parents and teens the evils of having online information like 'diaries' .. Umm, earth to old dude.. What in the fuck do you think Myspace and Facebook are? Fucking idiots.

Conflicting Statutes

(c) On expiration of a community supervision period imposed under Subsection (a) of this section, if the judge has not proceeded to adjudication of guilt, the judge shall dismiss the proceedings against the defendant and discharge him. The judge may dismiss the proceedings and discharge a defendant, other than a defendant charged with an offense requiring the defendant to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, as added by Chapter 668, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, prior to the expiration of the term of community supervision if in the judge's opinion the best interest of society and the defendant will be served. The judge may not dismiss the proceedings and discharge a defendant charged with an offense requiring the defendant to register under Chapter 62, as added by Chapter 668, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997. Except as provided by Section 12.42(g), Penal Code, a dismissal and discharge under this section may not be deemed a conviction for the purposes of disqualifications or disabilities imposed by law for conviction of an offense. For any defendant who receives a dismissal and discharge under this section:

This is what is supposed to happen if someone in Texas completes deferred adjudication successfully. However if you read Article 62.005, you will see that they added the bit in about Deferred Adjudication:

(5) "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication for or based on:

So If one law is saying ONE thing, and another law says the exact opposite, what is the remedy?

Any f you lawyer minded folks out there care to push out a real world explanation?

Secret Service and Airport security rough up and detain a female Minister

For unknown reasons, a Female Minister was roughly pulled away from the Press line at LAX. This was a concerted effort from the Secret service and Airport Security. No Charges have been files against the good Reverend, and no reason giving for such a rough detainment.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/05/29/reverend.dragged.speaks.out.kabc

Hmm, so now it is OK for the Government to physically assault members of the Clergy. Way to go boys, You've graduated to offending the church!!!

SB 2075 -- Texas State Legislature

Well, now the State Senate Committee has done it. They too have re-worded the deferred adjudication bill that was submitted excluding all those with more than a State Jail felony. S.B. 2075 relies on the person wanting expungement to fit in the narrow definition of being able to have gotten an order of nondisclosure. What a crock of shit. This does nothing but continue to punish ALL of us not fitting in the narrow scope to continue to deal with punitive practices of the state legislature. Here's a list of numbers to start calling. These are the state legislators that are responsible for taking a bill that would have allowed Texas to finish its promise to all of us that are being unlawfully held to the list WITHOUT a CONVICTION. Bills of Attainer are ILLEGAL, but yet they pass them every year.

(thanks to tajlr for compiling this list)

Senator John Whitmire (Chairman)
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0115
Capitol Fax: (512) 475-3737
john.whitmire@senate.state.tx.us
Legislative Director Lara Wendler (512)-463-0115
lara.wendler@senate.state.tx.us
Legislative Aide Susan Fontenette

Senator Kel Seliger
kel.seliger@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0131
Capitol Fax: (512) 475-3733
kel.seliger@senate.state.tx.us
Chief of Staff Bryan McMath (512)-463-0131
Bryan.McMath@senate.state.tx.us

Senator John Carona
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0116
Capitol Fax: (512) 463-3135
john.carona@senate.state.tx.us
Chief of Staff Margie McCloskey
margie.mccloskey@senate.state.tx.us
Administrative Director Detta Haffelder
detta.hoffelder@senate.state.tx.us
Administrative Aide Stephanie Schotz

Senator Rodney Ellis
rodney.ellis@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0113
Capitol Fax: (512) 463-0006
Chief of Staff Brandon Dudley
brandon.dudley@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Glenn Hegar
glenn.hegar@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0118
Capitol Fax: (512) 475-3736
Chief of Staff Lisa Craven lisa.craven@senate.state.tx.us
Administrative Director Barbara Erickson
barbara.erickson@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Hinojosa
juan.hinojosa@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0120
Capitol Fax: (512) 463-0229
Chief of Staff René A. Ramirez (512)-463-0120
Policy Analyst, Capitol Athena Ponce
athena.ponce@senate.state.tx.us
General Counsel, Capitol Jerry Haddican
jerry.haddican@senate.state.tx.us
Legislative Aide, Capitol Carlos Gutierrez
carlos.gutierrez@senate.state.tx.us
Legislative Assistant, Capitol Oscar Garza
oscar.garza@senate.state.tx.us
Media Relations/Policy Analyst, Capitol Arturo Ballesteros
arturo.ballesteros@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Dan Patrick
dan.patrick@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0107
Fax: (512) 463-8810
Legislative Director Logan Spence
logan.spence@senate.state.tx.us

correction Texas S.B. 689

it seems that the pinheads from Plano have gotten their bill through. Senate Bill 22 originally made it illegal NOT to give up your online identifiers, excluding email addresses. Now it seems they substituted extra into the bill, requiring email addresses, as well as game tags and a few other things.

This is where I say Fuck the government.

There is a companion of cshb 22 that is identical..

inequality

I wanted to enter something here that really bothers me.. Lane Garrison, actor, drunk driver, killer will be released soon since he has paid off the wrongful death suit against him. Seem Mr. Garrison got 40 months for using his car, and a bottle of booze, to murder a young person.

Lane Garrison leaves prison in the next few weeks having settled litigation filed by the victims of the crash of a car driven by the intoxicated actor.

While no settlement amounts were released, the lawsuit brought by the parents of 17-year-old Beverly Hills High School student Vahagn Setian, who was killed in the 2006 accident, sought damages from the former Prison Break star for wrongful death and gross negligence. The action filed by injured passenger Michelle Ohana, who was 15 at the time, sought payment for medical bills, lost wages and home nursing care.

Garrison is currently in state prison finishing up a 40-month sentence for vehicular manslaughter. A spokesman for California Department of Corrections tells PEOPLE that Garrison is expected to be paroled in the next "few weeks."

The spokesman declined to discuss Garrison's plans, but similar parolees are generally released into community residential facilities and assigned to a parole officer somewhere in the state. For safety reasons, the corrections department does not disclose inmate release dates or the location of the residential facilities they are assigned to in a community.

Garrison began serving his sentence on Nov. 20, 2007, after pleading guilty. He is entitled to be released from his three-year, four-month sentence by earning good behavior credits behind bars, where he is working as a peer mentor for other inmates.

Funny. 40 months for killing a kid, and injuring another for life and he gets off with good behavior!?! How does that shit work. Yeah, he's a good guy, he only killed one and wounded another, that isn;t too bad, right?

Give me a freaking break..

Public Hearing

There is to be a public hearing this week on several of the bills in the Texas Legislature regarding Sex Offender laws. Make sure you call, write, or fax your Representatives NOW! We have to voice our dis-approval of these unconstitutional laws and ensure we let them know that we are watching them very closely. It is our right to fight for our rights folks, noone else is going to do it for us!

More Bullshit 'to save the children'

John Coryn(R), US Senator from Texas has proposed a new Internet Safety Bill.. here are some basics.

Internet Providers, Business offering Access, and PRIVATE CITIZENS with Internet access in their homes are going to be made to keep all internet records of access and tracking info. Basically the Bill states that you will keep the info, and when the Nazi's, err cops, show up on your door you must throw open your doors and allow them inside without so much a a nod..



BUT IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN...

Time to get rid of this fuckwad.. He likes pissing on the Constitution too much..

Find it Here

I guess that everyone that we 'elected' has forgotten that there are certain liberties that cannot be usurped.. but then again, it hasn't stopped them yet... I voted against this asshole, for exactly the same reason that he is attempting to pass this bill.. because he's an asshole.

UN says we've been bad.. What are they gonna do, spank us?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/19/mexican.execution.violation/index.html

From CNN.com

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A United Nations court has found that the United States violated an international treaty and the court's own order when a Mexican national was executed last year in a Texas prison.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a ruling Monday in an unusual case that pitted President Bush against his home state in a dispute over federal authority, local sovereignty and foreign treaties. Mexico had filed a formal complaint against U.S. state and federal officials

"The United States of America has breached the obligation incumbent upon it" to stop the execution, the ICJ announced in a unanimous opinion.

-- So What else is NEW? We violate our own people all the time, why not a few Mexican Nationals?

Jose Ernesto Medellin's death by lethal injection in August followed a 15-year legal dispute after his conviction for two brutal slayings.

At issue was whether Texas and other states had to give in to a demand by the president that the prisoner be allowed new hearings and resentencing. Bush made that request reluctantly after the international court in 2004 concluded that Medellin and about 50 other Mexicans on various states' death rows were improperly denied access to their consulate upon arrest, a violation of a treaty signed by the United States decades ago.

Their home countries could have provided legal and other assistance to the men had they been notified, the court said.

In a separate judgment, the ICJ declined Mexico's demand that the United States provide guarantees against executing other foreign inmates in the future.

The U.S. Supreme Court last March ruled for Texas, allowing the Medellin execution to proceed.

Efforts stalled in Congress last summer over legislation that would have given foreign death row inmates like Medellin a new hearing before any punishment could be carried out.

State Department officials have said the international ruling will not help other foreign inmates in U.S. prisons, because federal officials cannot force states to comply. Administration officials also said that the president did all he could to force state compliance and that Congress now needs to intervene with specific legislation.

-- BullShit! I CALL BULL SHIT. The legislature passed Megan's law, they passed Jessica's law, and they passed the ADAM WALSH ACT and forced states to go along by mandating they pass 'state' authored laws.. This is horse shit. Again, the government denying responsibility for their actions.

Medellin was 18 when he participated in the June 1993 gang rape and murder of two Harris County girls: Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16. He was convicted of the crimes and sentenced to death.

The prisoner's lawyers argued that Mexican consular officials were never able to meet with the man until after his conviction.

Only Oklahoma has commuted a capital inmate's sentence to life in prison in response to the international judgment. Days after Medellin died by lethal injection, Texas executed Honduran native Heliberto Chi Acheituno, who also said his treaty rights were violated.

The ICJ in 2004 ordered the United States to provide "review and reconsideration" of the sentences and convictions of the Mexican prisoners. That world court again in July mandated that the United States do everything within its federal authority to stop Medellin's execution until his case could be further reviewed by American courts.

Based in The Hague, Netherlands, the ICJ resolves disputes between nations over treaty obligations. The 15-judge panel is the principal judicial organization of the United Nations, laying out rights of people detained in other nations.

The Supreme Court appeal turned on what role each branch of government plays to give force to international treaty obligations. After the ICJ ruling, the United States pulled out of that international court's jurisdiction in matters arising from the Vienna Convention.

In allowing the Medellin execution to proceed, the Supreme Court majority noted congressional "inaction" on the issue, efforts that had "not progressed beyond the bare introduction of a bill in the four years since the ICJ ruling."

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I am not saying what this asshat did was right, nor do I say that the end should have been any different , he raped and KILLED two young girls. For the murder, he got what should have been given. What I take exception to is the sheer bullshit being spewed from the State Department.

The real problem here is though, there is nothing that the UN can do about it. If they threaten sanctions, we'll threaten to either not pay our dues, or be a little 'late' like we did a few years ago, and not a single one of them will say another word.

Yes We Can.. Lie to the people

UPDATE-- I was absolutely incorrect. Anonymous pointed out that you CAN find the topics, if you know where to look. Do not attempt to search the topics on the first page, you have to go to the link Anon provided. I need to spend a bit more time searching and less getting angry. I take responsibility for flying off the handle...


Prez-elect Obama's transition team created a Citizen's Book at change.gov.. Seems they wanted to hear about what problems the president should hear about and look at fixing. I have been following several regarding the re-vamping of SO laws and regs. Last told, I saw 110 or so regarding the registry, re-vamping the laws, repealing AWA. Funny, but since they closed the ability to allow topics today, ALL of the requests for more just and less illegal laws, they were ALL deleted.

Funny..

Yes, We can.. oppress over 600 thousand American citizens...

Way to Go Obama, you have just proven that politicians truly are the lowest, most lying group of individuals on the planet. With this as an example of how you promote 'change' I guess we can look forward to many more years of business as usual politics...

Great Job.. You ..