Talk:Medellin v. Texas

New York Times
Some of the details for this case can be found here | New York Times:Case of Texas Murderer Engrosses Supreme Court --Oregon Student 139 20:01, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

merge from José Medellín
I believe that the article on José Medellín should be merged into this one. The individual is notable primarily because of the legal case, and much of the material in JM's article is about the legal case. The biographical details of JM's life should be included in this article (M v. T) as relevant to the legal case. Moreover, all personal material in Medellín's life is subject to WP:BLP, whether here or in the JM article. --Lquilter (talk) 17:38, 16 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Support As long as non-revelent details from JM's life to the case aren't included. Jon (talk) 19:03, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Support The article on José Medellín would be a candidate for deletion for non-notoriety if not for the controversy and importance of the legal case. Blockhouse (talk) 22:02, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support ' --Selket' Talk 01:02, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose I slept on it and changed my mind. Anyone executed in the United States since 1970 is probably going to satisfy the notability guidelines, the cornerstone of which is multiple, independent coverage in reliable sources.  If someone is executed there must be a particularly heinous crime that he or she was alleged to have committed, which would recieve coverage.  There must be a trial, which would receive coverage, and there must be an execution, which would certainly receive coverage.  The fact that this particular individual was the subject of a SCOTUS decision should make him more notable, not less. --Selket Talk 16:35, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Even if every executed person is notable ( I don't agree. Unfortunately, lots of people get executed in the US.) and deserving of an article, if there is a Supreme Court case attached to an executed person, for convenience purposes it is better that it all be one article. -- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 21:47, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Support per above. -- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 06:41, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Support. See WP:ONEEVENT. Bsimmons 666  (talk) 01:28, 20 January 2009 (UTC)