death penalty

8/6/2008
Last nite Mexican-born Jose' Medellin was executed. How cruel.
In 1993 he raped and tortured two teenage girls in Houston, then killed them.
This is 2008. That was 15 years ago. During that time Texas has given him free room and board, free medical care, fed him and bought his clothes, and provided a "sitter" 24 hours a day, courtesy of Texas taxpayers.
All this benevolence cost about $30, 000/year or about $450,000 over the 15 year period.
Is Texas law kind, caring, and compassionate OR NOT?
Mexico "says" they don't believe in capital punishment, so maybe we should have returned him to Mexico and forget what he did. Later, then, he could slip through out porous border and repeat the crime.
Mini-editorial:
Supreme Court bleeding heart Justice Stephen Breyer said to permit the execution would place the United States "in violation of international law and breaks our treaty promises."
Since when did we discard our laws and replace them with INTERNATIONAL LAW????
Finally, I have to ask the question: What kind of animal does it take to rape, torture, and kill two teenage girls?