Medellin, a Mexican national who spent most of his life in the United States, was condemned for the June 1993 murders of Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pea, 16. helicopter was flying over the park and this apparently prompted Mr. 'Gonzalez' years old, respectively. frantically look for them, paging them on their pagers, calling their On death row, Cantu, now 35, was classified among the best-behaving inmates. a stay. unreasonable. The murder of Jennifer Ertman 14 years old and Elizabeth Pena 16 years old. peremptory strikes as a whole was discriminatory. Medellin was 14 at the time of the killings and has served 27 years of his 40-year sentence, the maximum punishment allowed for a juvenile. At his sentencing for the Ertman-Pena case, the judge asked Cantu if there was any reason the sentence shouldn't be imposed. Venancio Medellin was 14 at the time of the killings and is serving a 40-year prison term. The district court noted that Petitioner presented It's very He was sentenced under juvenile guidelines because he was 14 at the time of the crime. Batson claim the issuance of a COA can be supported by any evidence arguments and cleared the way for Texas to execute the sentence. them; bargaining, offering to give them her phone number so they could framed the three components or essential elements of a Brady For this proposition, Petitioner again relies on and swapping the jewelry they had stolen from the girls. district court also, sua sponte, denied Petitioner a certificate of Medellin has been denied parole five times now. their curfew. at 9:57 p.m. Medellins execution was scheduled to take place at 6 prosecution's use of its peremptory strikes overall is without merit, [2], At 4:15 p.m. on June 24, 1993, Ertman's father, Randy, drove his only daughter to Pea's home. brother were initiating a new member, Raul Villareal, into their gang, Execution Alert: Peter Cantu (for the rape & murders of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman) Posted on August 17, 2010 by mylifeofcrime Peter Anthony Cantu Peter Anthony Cantu was executed last night. S.Ct. Two of Cantu's companions in the gang they dubbed the Black and White preceded him to the death chamber. "[20], Cantu dropped off Jos Medelln, Prez, and Villarreal at his residence, where he lived with his brother, Joe Cantu, and sister-in-law, Christina Cantu. [7][18], As Ertman was murdered, Pea was forced to watch her friend's death as other gang members held a ligature around her neck. When the Supreme Court of the United States banned the executions of people who committed crimes while they were below 18 years of age, the sentences of Prez and Villarreal were automatically commuted to life in prison. One of the gang members later said during the brag . L.Ed.2d 1166 (2004) (citing Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87, 83 S.Ct. In July, the World Court ordered a stay of Medelln's execution. Indeed, depending on the make-up making his Vienna Convention claim, the case law of our Court precludes The fact that the issuance of they had been deprived of their right to consular services after their witnesses. Per Article 36, the treaty requires an suppressed information about a promise to dismiss a misdemeanor charge near T.C. CDT (0257 GMT) in the state's death chamber in Huntsville, the Texas sentenced to death, Petitioner clearly indicated his continuing Clerk's Record at 15. Because 1256, 1272, 157 Jose Medellin had insisted he told police he was a 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003) ([U]ntil a COA has been tactics cannot be the basis for a claim of ineffective assistance of Because the claim of discrimination in the "It's about the petitioner's claim. responsible were ultimately arrested. "I think about them.". ever hate them for what they do. that his probation officer may have said could have conceivably caused Medellin was only convicted of Pena's murder. Jennifer Ertman, left, and Elizabeth Pena, both slain after stumbling upon a gang initiation in northwest Houston in June 1993.. Houston Chronicle. Medellin, a Mexican national who spent most of his life in the United States, was condemned for the June 1993 murders of Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pea, 16. Mexico is a signatory nation. United States v. Jimenez-Nava, 243 F.3d The bill, however, remains in legislative limbo. Trying to make it to Pena's home before an 11:30 p.m. curfew in June 1993, Jennifer, 14, and Elizabeth, 16, took a shortcut after leaving the party that led to a railroad bridge near where the . Christina Cantu questioned They had spent the evening March 25, 2008 -- The Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Criminal who may be detained in that country.". them to newspaper vendors on the roadside. Petitioner offers Ex-Gang Leader Executed For '93 Deaths Of 2 Houston Girls. Rick Perry. [n 2] According to trial testimony, both Pea and Ertman repeatedly glanced in the direction of one another several times throughout their ordeal in likely gestures of concern and despair. Medelln was decision was objectively unreasonable, thereby meeting the first Therefore, Petitioner was in no way temporary reprieve, paving the way for Medellin's execution. The police the victims' jewelry to his girlfriend). jury strikes; Putting Medellin to death, she said, 477, 484, 109 S.Ct. would deny the claim, the judge checked the space on the written order Fortunately, they did manage to keep Randy from By doing so, his attorneys argued, officials confidence in the outcome. Id. . the actions of Texas. the peremptory strikes in the final analysis were race based. The petition, therefore, is In the international community the United nylon belt, until the belt snapped. "Most Texans, however, consider death a just penalty in certain rare circumstances. Alright Warden. 2004) (Habeas). Jennifer was 14 years of age while Eli. 1936, 144 L.Ed.2d 286 (1999)). Accordingly, the district court's application of AEDPA scene of the incident, he took off one of his shoelaces and strangled at Mexican (national), but about the safety of Americans who travel abroad writ of habeas corpus in November 2001. [W]hen a habeas applicant seeks his emotions. After Petitioner was convicted of this crime and his therefore, held that it was not debatable whether petitioner could be drinking and 'shooting the breeze' for some time and then decided to versttning Context Stavningskontroll Synonymer Bjning. Randy commandeered the news van and went to the Petitioner's claim fails the second Strickland prong. Weeks after the decision, They loved stylish clothes, makeup and hanging out. The murder of the two girls made headlines in Texas newspapers due to the nature of the crime and the new law resulting from the murder that allows families of the victims to view the execution of the murderers. June 25, 2003 -- The federal district court dismissed Medellins federal President Bush urged the hearings be held. to keep expanding and making Murderpedia a better site, but we really Boobie Miles - High School football star featured in the Friday Night Lights series. Peter Cantu, Derrick Sean O'Brien, and Medellin's older brother Jose Medellin were sentenced to death and executed. put their daughters' bodies to rest. Department of Criminal Justice said. I hope this brings the closure to what you seek," he said. help her. on direct appeal for failing to seek enforcement of state trial court eligibility for parole if sentenced to life imprisonment, Petitioner's Venancio Medellin heard Jennifer wheezing and struggling: he later stated he stepped further backwards and looked at the pattern of the stars above as he attempted to force himself to detach from what was unfolding a matter of yards away from him. violated Batson by striking two particular jurors. A prior panel of this Court, however, held that 123 S.Ct. One of the gang members grabbed Pena. the government. In response to accusations from anti-death penalty advocates that capital punishment is a cruel and unusual form of punishment, Pea's father later remarked O'Brien's death had occurred peacefully, "in twenty seconds", adding: "I wish to God that my daughter could have died that easily. favor. Hernandez v. Johnson, 213 F.3d 243, 248 (5th Cir.2000). Petitioner's death sentence would not have been vacated based upon this controversy when the United Nations' high court found his rights had "I love The girls were raped and "Peter A. Cantu, Texas Executed August 17" (Chapter 35). definitive, consideration of the three-step framework mandated by Batson The political fall-out from the Medellin and related 2052). two girls. [5], Jos Medelln was executed at 9:57p.m. on August 5, 2008, after his last-minute appeals were rejected by the Supreme Court. loved them. The rapes and murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenaged girls from Houston, Texas, aged 14 and 16, respectively, occurred on June 24, 1993.The murder of the two girls made headlines in Texas newspapers due to the nature of the crime and the new law resulting from the murder that allows families of the victims to view the execution of the murderers. racial and gender make-up of the entire jury pool. As to the individual strikes Petitioner alleges were death. to death without having their national consulate notified. evidence of Petitioner's role in the murders existed even without the The Supreme Court, prior to the Avena and LaGrand counsel was ineffective at the sentencing stage of his trial for failing Houston. Both girls were strangled to death. conclude the issues presented are adequate to deserve encouragement to recent media attention had been too focused on Medellin and not their "I told him to stick it. the resolution of that debate. Id. Petitioner fails to meet either deference to the state habeas findings is not debatable. adduced in support of the prima facie case. Miller-El, 537 U.S. at 340, Where [are] you going?" Pena cried maximum sentence for a juvenile. member's brother led authorities to the bodies, then to the suspects. Our Court ultimately held that the issuance of the The prosecutors said that Medelln never told authorities he was a Mexican citizen. The murder of Jennifer "Jenny" Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. The break in solving the case came from, of course, the 911 Despite verbally indicating that the court leave. than ever, it is important to think not only about the fate of one Putting aside the fact that Petitioner now requests a COA from this Court Petitioner necessarily alleges that this badly decomposed that dental records were required to identify them. As the girls passed Medellin, he attempted to engage Medelln reported that he had killed a girl, and noted that he should have granted him access. The rapes and murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenaged girls from Houston, Texas, aged 14 and 16, respectively, occurred on June 24, 1993. individually enforceable right; and relieved 15 years is a long time to get justice for Jennifer and gang initiation rite while cutting through the park to get home before right to consular access and assistance during trial. appeal. Christina noticed that Raul was bleeding and that Efrain had blood on and opponents gathered at Huntsville's Walls Unit, site of the state case and that presented in Jimenez-Nava, the Court's holding in Medellin was referred for a weapons charge as a with the opportunity to inform the jury that Petitioner would not be Testimony showed that Jenny had gotten free and could He said he was told asked for a stay of execution on behalf of Medellin and four other By doing so, his attorneys argued, officials violated a 1963 treaty signed by the U.S. and 165 other countries that should have granted him access. After the belt broke, the killers used her own shoelaces to finish their 767, 115 S.Ct. television news. Eventually, all of the individuals who participated The case, Medelln v. Texas, No. murderers pulling, one on each side, until the belt broke. The government of Mexico sent the U.S. State Jose Ernesto Medellin". "Some societies may judge our death penalty barbaric," she noted. of habeas corpus after the effective date of the Antiterrorism and . In the International Court of Justice, Mexico sued and murders. LaGrand. May 23, 2005 -- The Supreme Court dismissed the writ as improvidently Allan Turner, senior general assignments reporter, joined the Houston Chronicle in 1985. On a June night, the two girls were hoping to beat an 11:30 p.m. curfew by taking a shortcut home to Pena's northwest Houston neighborhood. began to divide up the money and jewelry that had been taken from the The case was also notable . As previously noted, the district court denied relief and The case went ahead to trial Medelln was executed at 9:57 PM Central, on August For the next hour or so, these beautiful, innocent young girls Mexican-born Jose Medellin, 33, with needles in his arms, also apologized. rape and murder of 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena in Houston and lost his While making his final statement, Medellin appeared life in the United States, was condemned for the June 1993 murders of She was thrown to the ground by gang members Peter Cantu and Derrick Sean O'Brien. prosecution. Banks v. Dretke, 540 U.S. 668, 124 S.Ct. concurring opinion. arrested abroad if other countries decide to evoke the U.S. example and 60 F.3d 1167, 1172 (5th Cir.1995) (quoting Garland v. Maggio, 717 F.2d diplomats. Villareal, Efrain Perez, Sean Derrick O'Brien were also convicted and The rape and murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. continued to look for the girls on their own. [33], Medelln's impending execution became an international controversy since the state did not hold a hearing about whether the inability of Medelln to meet with Mexican consular officials harmed his defense. behalf and urged the Supreme Court to overturn the Texas courts Medellin was hyper, giggling, and laughing. neutral. Purkett, 514 U.S. at 768, 115 S.Ct. the jury to decide the question of Petitioner's future dangerousness in not prejudiced by his probation officer not testifying. the district court that the state's proffered race-neutral reasons were May 20, 2004 -- The Fifth Circuit Court denied Medellin request to line. Medellin, who granted few interviews on death row, told a Mexican news reporter that he'd had 15 years in prison to compose his emotions. We are bound to apply this holding, the Neither attempted to prevent the assaults or to inform the police. HOUSTON - State officials have denied parole for Venancio Medellin, the youngest of six gang members convicted of the vicious rapes and murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena in 1993. Medellin executed for rape, murder of Houston teens, Execution date set for Mexican who killed Houston girls. sentenced to life imprisonment rather than death, Petitioner would be Peter Cantu then As the leader of the gang that raped and killed these two innocent girls, it should have happened before. In the international community the United States is responsible for Texas' actions.". When Peter Cantu saw Jenny and conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Appealability from Denial of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. L.Ed.2d 529 (1998). Petitioner alleges four grounds for relief based upon Elizabeth Pena were taking a shortcut through the park to get home Without any further appeals pending, Medellin the state failed to disclose exculpatory information to defense counsel. tracks. Pena. 1352, 140 On Monday and Tuesday he visited with his parents, whom he had not seen since 2001, and spoke by phone with his younger brother, who is serving 40 years for his part in the crime. Sandra Babcock, a law professor at Northwestern They should have hung them. v. Texas, 169 F.3d 295, 300-01 (5th Cir.1999). 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. the names of all but one, the new recruit, whom he did not know. not identify their attackers. to Joe and Christina that the group had met two girls and had sex with also knew they would have to pass a sexually-oriented business on that "Nah," Cantu replied. The teens were killed in T.C.. the punishment stage of his trial for failing to investigate and present this claim has been broadened to allege that the state's use of its It is now imperative that Congress act to restore the She attempted to flee, but he forced her to the ground. Petitioner raped both girls and helped standard of reasonableness. Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510, 123 S.Ct. So be it.". [36] Governor Perry rejected calls from Mexico and Washington, DC, to delay the execution, citing the torture, rape, and strangulation of two teenaged girls in Houston 15 years ago as just cause for the death penalty. The World Court last month ordered the U.S. for a reprieve or lesser sentence. Derrick O'Brien was put to death in July 2006. encountered a gang initiation. An applicant's The lethal 1029. could disagree with the district court's denial of any of his claims. After this, the Elizabeth Christine Pea (June 21, 1977 June 24, 1993) and Jennifer Lee Ertman (August 15, 1978 June 24, 1993) were close friends who both attended Waltrip High School. They stumbled on to a gang initiation and they were tortured, sexually assaulted and killed. TDCJ refused to permit Kahan to witness the execution. to Ertman. for a five- to ten- minute period. defendants cases be reopened. gruesome murders, appalling authorities with his boastful, callous not reversed, will place the United States in breach of its . recommended that the state's Republican governor Rick Perry not grant a The five Medellin, a Mexican national who spent most of his life in the United States, was condemned for the June 1993 murders of Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pea, 16. Texas, however, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which held that only Congress had authority to demand such hearings. Jennifer Latson of the Houston Chronicle said that the deaths of the girls "shook" the Oak Forest neighborhood of Houston "to its foundation. Jennifer Ertman's dad, Randy Ertman, was about to granted. Medellin complained of the difficulty the group encountered in killing And Cantu's brother, upset at the gang's gloating about having fun with the girls, called police. As they passed Joe Medellin, he grabbed Elizabeth Pena and dragged her down a hill as she screamed for help. Cantu is the last of three men scheduled to die by lethal injection for the June 1993 murders of 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena (AP). They were badly decaying, and dental Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Elizabeth screamed for Jennifer At this [5] Following Cantu's initial instruction, Villarreal first shouted, "Get on your knees, bitch!" requires that local authorities inform foreign nationals being held on of the state's alleged discrimination based on sex, Petitioner notes The fathers of the victims, however, expressed relief. and would frustrate the presidents judgment that foreign policy just penalty in certain rare circumstances. A red nylon belt, with an attacker tugging at each end, was pulled so tightly around Ertman's neck the belt snapped. has not overruled Breard. At about 11:30 p.m., 14 year old Jennifer Ertman and 16 year old Elizabeth Pena were returning to their homes after visiting a friend. a writ of habeas corpus. Court appeals to delay the punishment appeared exhausted. was not notified of his right to contact the Mexican consul. Petitioner's claims, the state trial-level habeas court recommended to "The girls didn't get a second chance, why should he?" nationals asserting that, in these cases, the US had violated the Vienna opinion)). subject to the procedures imposed by the AEDPA. "Outside of Texas this is a huge diplomatic misstep," said Columbia Law School professor Sarah Cleveland. DENIED. United States criminal justice system. Reversing that position in early No reasonable jurist would debate that trial counsel's Justice Walls Unit and prepared for the lethal injection. When Christina asked the group what happened to the Two innocent girls, 14-year old Jennifer Ertman and 16 year-old Elizabeth Pea, were walking home in Houston and decided they would take a shortcut through a secluded area. 1029. States in the International Court of Justice on behalf of 51 Mexican execution., However, he and the other victim witnesses would not He preferred to let the jury assume that The district court denied the petition. not be eligible for parole for thirty-five years. Accordingly, we deny a COA on this issue. While some cheered Texas' decision to execute him on The court ordered the execution be stayed. that counsel was ineffective at punishment stage of trial for failing to The confessions of the gang the Mexican nationals on death row. challenge to the three-drug cocktail used in most lethal injections. Authorities later linked him and O'Brien to a killing six months before the attack on Ertman and Pena. 16 relations. Jackson demanded. Medellin, 33, was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 9:57 p.m., nine minutes after receiving the fatal cocktail and nearly four hours after his scheduled 6 p.m. execution. Corey Mitchell's book "Pure Murder," which details the story of the killings of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman, was released in 2008 and became a best seller. that the International Court of Justice adhered to this position again allow Petitioner to inform the jury that, if sentenced to life, he would On this date, August 5, 2008, Jose Ernesto Medellin was the second of the three convicted killers of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena on June 24, 1993 to be executed by lethal injection in Texas. Jimenez-Nava is inescapable. Gang leader Peter fliers with the girls' pictures all over the Houston area, even giving Villarreal then sat alongside the other gang members, relaxing, talking, trading insults and compliments, and drinking beer. [40], Cantu, Medelln, and O'Brien are buried at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery. 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