Weighty decisions in the last hour

(AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

Death row inmate Jose Ernesto Medellin is set to be executed in Texas for the brutal killing of two teenage girls.

But the Supreme Court will make the final decision. It turns out the state and President Bush disagree about what should happen.

To find out who thinks what -- go here, to a story by the AP's Mark Sherman.

-- Hillary Rhodes