Subject: International Court of Justice

• Can Edouard Save Jose Medellin?

  August 5, 2008

• DICK CHENEY INDICTED!! (Kinda)

  The long arm of Rio Grande Valley justice has reached out and nabbed....Dick Cheney? Yes, apparently. A grand jury has indicted the vice-president this afternoon. Hasn't the stature of limitations passed on "accidentally" shooting innocent bystanders? It turns out that it's not the shooting, it's all about Cheney's investment in a group that runs prisons (badly, it's claimed) in Texas. In other words, it sounds like one runaway, nutty grand jury. Which is something we never thought could exi

  November 18, 2008

• World Court Says Texas Violated Law By Executing A Mexican Who Doesn't Really Benefit From Their Decision

  Jose Medellin is probably in Hell, if you believe in that sort of thing, and we're not sure how good the Internet service is down there. (We're guessing they use Comcast, though.)Medellin was executed in August by Texas after being convicted of the murder of 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena.His execution drew protests from around the world; for one thing, people argued that Texas had failed to inform Medellin that he could get assistance from the Mexican consul's office. A 2004 ruling by the court inc

  January 19, 2009

• The Insider

  October 16, 1997

• Up in the Air

  Continental Airlines helps out Lee Brown's re-election campaign

  August 16, 2001

• Jailhouse Crock

  Spanish-language media cries foul over Railcar Killer interviews

  October 5, 2000

• A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy

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  May 7, 2009