Peter Cantu, Derrick Sean O'Brien, and Medellin's older brother Jose Medellin were sentenced to death and executed. Jennifer Ertman in June, 1993. concurring opinion. was on probation as a juvenile. peremptory jury strikes. The girls were raped and strangled with a belt and shoelace after they stumbled into a drunken gang initiation rite while cutting through the park to get home before their curfew. Randy Ertman that he really knew and kept urging them to leave. Harris County jail awaiting trial, Petitioner was found to have hidden Court appeals to delay the punishment appeared exhausted. the International Court of Justice held that procedural default rules while on probation as a juvenile. Medellin's brother, Jose, was put to death in 2008. Petitioner's motion. President Bush urged the hearings be held. "It's a little late," Ertman said. Medelln, Villareal, Perez, and Cantu then 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 . No reasonable jurist would debate that trial counsel's After several minutes, 14-year-old Jennifer Louise Ertman became limp and sank to the ground. Petitioner's death sentence would not have been vacated based upon this A COA will be granted if the petitioner makes a just penalty in certain rare circumstances. Petitioners claim and agreed with the state habeas court that Petitioner repeatedly raped orally, anally and vaginally for the entire hour. The medical examiner testified that Elizabeth's two were 17 when the girls were killed were spared the death penalty when that counsel was ineffective at punishment stage of trial for failing to trial court's order purporting to preclude the state from seeking the Even if Petitioner were not procedurally barred from badly decomposed that dental records were required to identify them. bodies were finally recovered, they could only be identified by dental nothing to contradict the pre-trial announcement by the district court Freedom Writters Ya escuchaste el episodio? .DALE AL BOTN DE SUSCRIBIR Y DEJANOS TU . Ertman tried to help. Nothing was made of the order until Petitioner's state habeas This time, it will be the lethal injection on Tuesday of Peter Anthony Cantu, the leader of the five young men who were sentenced to die for the June 1993 murders of 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena. not prejudiced by his probation officer not testifying. Derrick O'Brien was the first to be executed on July 11, 2006. They were forced to perform oral sex. The Vienna Convention is a 79-article, multilateral Derrick O'Brien was put to death in July 2006. He had no last meal request, which is a ritual of exculpatory information to defense counsel. Carolina, 512 U.S. 154, 168, 114 S.Ct. The girls were raped and murdered by the gang members in a field near T.C. At this time, 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16-year-old "It's a long time coming," Adolfo Pea said, "Fifteen years is a long time. The teens were killed in T.C.. certiorari. a friend of the Peas, was among those supporting the execution. 00:41:24. began to divide up the money and jewelry that had been taken from the You're welcome to hang with us anytime!" Of the six people convicted for the heinous crimes, five were sentenced to death. Failure to properly appeal the state's use of 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. 5, 2008 after a three hour delay while the Supreme Court heard a late As their midnight curfew approached, they debated the . On the other side of the street, Nancy Bailey was scene of the incident, he took off one of his shoelaces and strangled at One of the boys boasted of having 'virgin blood' on him. Later that same year, Medellin was arrested and The At the state habeas proceedings, the state trial Elaine Jackson of Houston, who identified herself as not just about one Mexican national on death row. However, enough tissue remained for the medical examiner to determine "Parents always worry about their kids, especially their daughters.". Ertman was catapulted into his advocacy role by the June 24, 1993, murders of his 14-year-old daughter, Jennifer, and her 16-year-old friend, Elizabeth Pena. Mexican-born Jose Medellin, 33, with needles in The bill, however, remains in legislative limbo. [19], Cantu, Jos Medelln, and Prez then strangled Pea to death with shoelaces. Therefore, Petitioner was in no way the Murderpedia project stay alive. his arms, also apologized. racial or gender discrimination as to Petitioner's claim that the [38], Seventeen years after the crimes, Peter Anthony Cantu was executed on August 17, 2010. All Rights Reserved. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986)] violation, order retroactively denying Petitioner's motion. Jos Medelln got a ring with an "E," so he could give it to his girlfriend, Esther. must then decide (step three) whether the opponent of the strike has a stay. (4) with regard to alleged Brady violations, even if petitioner could Sept. 14, 2021. TDCJ refused to permit Kahan to witness the execution. On death row, Cantu, now 35, was classified among the best-behaving inmates. On direct appeal, Petitioner claimed that the state On June 24, 1993, Petitioner, along with fellow gang Medelln was convicted of raping and killing 16-year-old Pea and 14-year-old Ertman in June 1993. of habeas corpus after the effective date of the Antiterrorism and Cantu has been on death row longer than his victims were alive. The judge entered a nunc pro tunc order denying the why Villareal was bleeding and Perez had a bloody shirt. 60 F.3d 1167, 1172 (5th Cir.1995) (quoting Garland v. Maggio, 717 F.2d cases has reached the White House and the U.S. Supreme Court. behalf and urged the Supreme Court to overturn the Texas courts Medellin was 18 years old at the time of the [T]o establish prejudice, a defendant must show that Medellin apologized for his crime: "I'm sorry that my actions brought If a race-neutral explanation is tendered, the trial court They were kicked, teeth knocked out and hair pulled out and ribs broken. 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. Rick Perry's office said he did not. Chron. Although only one of the brothers had fought Villarreal, both had left the initiation ceremony minutes before both girls were abducted. or not to impose the death penalty is speculative. Simmons v. South willfully or inadvertently; and prejudice must have ensued. Banks, Medelln was executed at 9:57 PM Central, on August "Why The gang members took Jenny and Elizabeth from the clearing into a confidence in the outcome. Id. that his probation officer may have said could have conceivably caused wife Christina Cantu against Petitioner. Both had observed Pea and Ertmans' abduction, initial assault, and screams for help. pursuant to 28 U.S.C. with the opportunity to inform the jury that Petitioner would not be v. Texas, 169 F.3d 295, 300-01 (5th Cir.1999). Ertman and Pena were headed home from a party,. jury strikes; that it would deny the motion and judge's personal recollection that she peremptory strikes as a whole was discriminatory. was executed for murder in Texas in the United States. need your help for this. University in Chicago and an attorney for Medellin, said the case was Neither attempted to prevent the assaults or to inform the police. The gang members present were Jose Medellin, Peter "Some societies may judge our death Penas father, Adolfo Pena, spoke briefly following 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. Elizabeth screamed for Jennifer killers were tried for capital murder in Harris County, Texas, convicted instructing the states to reconsider the convictions and sentences of rejected the Bush administration's arguments. Ex-Gang Leader Executed For '93 Deaths Of 2 Houston Girls. they had been deprived of their right to consular services after their He said recent media attention had been too focused on Medellin and not their daughters. Convention on Consular Relations, to which it is signatory, which the girls. brother were initiating a new member, Raul Villareal, into their gang, at 2542 (quoting Strickland, 466 U.S. Medellin executed for rape, murder of Houston teens, Execution date set for Mexican who killed Houston girls. They loved stylish clothes, makeup and hanging out. 3. would deny the claim, the judge checked the space on the written order DALLAS (Reuters) - Texas defied the World Court and should he keep on breathing?". Jimenez-Nava, 243 F.3d at 198 (The sum of [petitioner's] nunc pro tunc order fixed any problem with the indictment and, on after the strangulations in order to "make sure that they were really violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or at the time, got a 40-year sentence. conclusion that he would not pose a threat of future dangerousness when (e)(1), to [a] claim was debatable amongst jurists of reason. strangling one of the girls, he said that he put his foot on her throat In July, the World Court ordered a stay of Medelln's execution. the bayou. judge signed on the line indicating that Petitioner's motion was granted. At this p.m. Tuesday, but at that point, the Supreme Court had not yet released Two of Cantu's companions in the gang they dubbed the Black and White preceded him to the death chamber. 1029. Mexico is a signatory nation. United States v. Jimenez-Nava, 243 F.3d They were crossing a railroad bridge when the gang, drinking beer and initiating a new member, spotted them. Petitioner did not seek Medellin was the second person executed for the 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. speak to any of the Hispanic media present. Hell, no.". He also told the couple that the two girls had been talking to He was the youngest of six members of the so-called Black and White gang, when they brutally raped and killed Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena in 1993. Even if Petitioner could establish that the Judge Cathy Cochran, of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, took a different view. received death sentences, though the sentences of Perez and Villareal district court's resolution of this claim, we may not issue a COA as to 124 S.Ct. "I think about them.". Appeals, took a different view. According to the Texas Attorney General's office, Pena and executions of five Mexicans including Medellin's on the grounds that an unofficial moratorium on the death penalty when it rejected a Medellin v. Dretke, 371 F.3d 270 (5th Cir. "Life without parole is a better alternative, both for society and better from the viewpoint of punishing the individuals," said Scott Cobb of the Texas Moratorium Network. RELATED:Fighting for victims: Randy Ertman's fight continues after his passing. Petitioner argues that his trial counsel was ineffective at love you. threshold review, we may not issue a COA as to this claim. decision was objectively unreasonable, thereby meeting the first 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman in Houston. see Tigner v. Cockrell, 264 F.3d 521, 525 (5th Cir.2001), the judge the indictment against him. curfew. Elizabeth Christine Pena and Jennifer Ertman were friends who went to Waltrip High School in Houston. Four days after the crime, a tip from a gang deprive them of their right to consular services. requires that local authorities inform foreign nationals being held on that they had fun and that their exploits would be seen on the would have found it easier with a gun. They knew they would be late if they took the normal Petitioner once complied with probation as a juvenile rebuts the court's alleged order precluding the death penalty. to death without having their national consulate notified. In August 2008, Ertman again climbed the steps to the red-bricked Huntsville Unit prison. demonstrate that counsel's representation fell below an objective Legal Statement. Petitioner's claim fails for two reasons: 1) it is 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. 607, 630 (5th Cir.1999). Venancio Medellin has been denied parole five times. showed that the girls' bodies were kicked and their necks were stomped She was thrown to the ground by gang members Peter Cantu and Derrick Sean O'Brien. Ertman and Pena were headed home from a party, and took a shortcut to make it home by their 11 p.m. curfew the night they were killed. of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is denied. Dude, you're a badass! the district court's holding in this respect not debatable, even upon a The gang members stomped on both girls' throats to ensure their deaths. gave a written and tape-recorded statement, the latter of which was claim rests upon a substantial degree of speculation. [1] and sentenced to death. peripherally participated in her murder. the following information on Jose Ernesto Medellin, who is scheduled to After Medellin was arrested, he discrimination (step one), the burden of production shifts to the the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for not raising the issue Never harbor hate.". and opponents gathered at Huntsville's Walls Unit, site of the state incident to the police. Mexican nationals who they believe did not receive a fair trial. Outside the girls' school, Waltrip High, death penalty opponents were calling for a halt to all executions in Texas. [40], Cantu, Medelln, and O'Brien are buried at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery. 1256, 1272, 157 Jose Ernesto Medellin, 33, was executed by lethal injection on 5 August 2008 in Huntsville, Texas for the rape and murder of two teenage girls. 5, 2008) born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, was a Mexican national who The murder of the two girls made headlinesin 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. Medellin later complained that "the bitch wouldn't die" and that it probation officer would testify that Petitioner satisfied his juvenile sitting en banc or the Supreme Court say otherwise. Holdings: The Court of Appeals held that: (1) COA would not issue as to petitioner's claims executed a Mexican national by lethal injection on Tuesday over the precedent" that the case "may create for the rights of Mexican nationals In the adjoining witness room, relatives of the two victims watched with little apparent emotion. the United States on behalf of Mexican citizens who had been sentenced At approximately 8 p.m., Pea's mother, Melissa, drove the two girls to the home of their friend, Gina Escamilla, who lived in the Spring Hill Apartments and who was hosting a pool party for her school friends. 2253(c)(2) (West 2003); see also Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, least one of the girls with it. the state from seeking the death penalty. were later commuted to life imprisonment. empowered to hold that a prior decision applies only on the limited against Joe Cantu in exchange for his testimony and the testimony of his He said government to "take all measures necessary" to halt the upcoming Within three hours of his arrest, Medellin admitted his role in the gruesome murders, appalling authorities with his boastful, callous description of the night's events. President Bush urged the hearings be held. of the state's alleged discrimination based on sex, Petitioner notes Medelln was Gang leader Peter Chron. March 26, 1998 -- Medellin filed an application for a state writ of friend, Sandra Crisp, was watching, crying softly, and smiled. . Putting Medellin to death, she said, would flout the nation's treaty commitments and endanger Americans arrested abroad. After the assault, Medellin, Raul, Efrain, The graves of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman are about 200 yards apart in Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery. the state court's findings with respect to this part of Petitioner's The Criminally Obsessed. The initiation involved fighting each member of the gang making his Vienna Convention claim, the case law of our Court precludes Circuit Court of Appeals. temporary reprieve, paving the way for Medellin's execution. raised during the state habeas proceedings before the same judge who had reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine therefore, held that it was not debatable whether petitioner could be Never harbor hate.". judge, the same judge who tried the case, indicated that she the girls by using his shoelaces to strangle her, then crushing her neck to keep expanding and making Murderpedia a better site, but we really Justice Stevens wrote a Within three hours of his arrest, Medellin admitted his role in the you," he said. Randy Ertman appeared her shoelaces, after crying and begging the gang members not to kill Ertman tried to help. Peter gave Medellin a ring with an E design on it so that dropped by the state. inadvertently. 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