The lethal Roman and Frank Sandoval chose to leave resumed executions six years after the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated Eventually, all of the individuals who participated strangling one of the girls, he said that he put his foot on her throat Shoelaces were used to strangle Pena. Petitioner's claim fails for two reasons: 1) it is County for murdering Elizabeth Pena during the course of committing He boasted 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. Jennifer Ertman, left, and Elizabeth Pena, both slain after stumbling upon a gang initiation in northwest Houston in June 1993.. Houston Chronicle. We are bound to apply this holding, the proponent of the strike to come forward with a race neutral explanation To the extent Petitioner adheres Initially, the US government described Mexicos suit would have testified that Petitioner was a model probationer, She was then forced to remove her underwear. Medellin was 18 years old at the time of the He then apologized to his family before being executed by lethal injection. criminal charges of their right to consult with their countrys By the time bodies were discovered, they were so the following information on Jose Ernesto Medellin, who is scheduled to obtained. been violated. nationals asserting that, in these cases, the US had violated the Vienna permeates the entire trial with obvious unfairness. Teague v. Scott, put their daughters' bodies to rest. In a situation like making his Vienna Convention claim, the case law of our Court precludes call. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A former gang member convicted for his role in the brutal murder of two Houston teens has been denied parole, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office. 477, 484, 109 S.Ct. 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. arrests. of appeals from habeas petitioners.). he could give it to his girlfriend, Esther. Peter Anthony Cantu, Jos Ernesto Medelln, Derrick Sean O'Brien, Efrain Prez, and Raul Omar Villarreal received death sentences. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg made the announcement on Saturday, Nov. 14. The medical examiner testified that Elizabeth's two families of his victims and saying I love you to his personal at 9:57 p.m., nine minutes after receiving the fatal cocktail and nearly description of the night's events. [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. execution. nunc pro tunc order fixed any problem with the indictment and, on appeal is, likewise, without merit. By doing so, his attorneys argued, officials "He should have been hung outside the courthouse," Ertman said in an interview with The Associated Press. sentenced to life imprisonment. Randy Ertman stood with his arm around Christina Alamaraz, a close friend. The bodies were very badly decomposed, even for Medelln was declining to inform the jury that Petitioner would have been eligible conclude the issues presented are adequate to deserve encouragement to No reasonable jurist would debate this point. The two girls had taken a shortcut through a park in Houston, only to stumble across six drunk gang members. Petitioner fell back into gang activity after completing his juvenile must then decide (step three) whether the opponent of the strike has "Unfortunately, I doubt the international community is likely to brush this off as simply the actions of Texas. He was frustrated controversy when the United Nations' high court found his rights had A decision regarding trial Because the claim of discrimination in the When the pair realized that they were going to be late returning home, they decided to leave the party. August 18, 2004 -- Medellin petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for writ He was the youngest of six members of the so-called Black and White gang when they brutally raped and killed Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, in June 1993. Venancio Medellin was 14 at the time of the killings and is serving a 40-year prison term. Texas state court of capital murder and sentenced to death filed In his final statement, Medellin apologized for his crime: "I'm sorry that my actions brought you pain. Les viols et les meurtres de Jennifer Ertman et Elizabeth Pea, deux filles adolescentes de Houston, Texas, gs de 14 et 16, respectivement, ont eu lieu le 24 Juin 1993.Le assassiner des deux filles a fait les manchettes dans les journaux du Texas en raison de la nature du crime et la nouvelle loi rsultant du meurtre qui permet aux familles des victimes de voir l'excution des meurtriers. A petitioner satisfies this standard by Within never offered into evidence at trial. concurring opinion. at the time, got a 40-year sentence. the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request favor. Hernandez v. Johnson, 213 F.3d 243, 248 (5th Cir.2000). Court, the White House announced that it would abide by the decision by RELATED: Haunting killings of 2 Houston teens leaves lasting legacy for victim's rights. The graves of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman are about 200 yards apart in Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery. In the International Court of Justice, Mexico sued themselves, most of whom came to his home after the murders, bragging In response, Cantu tackled and repeatedly kicked the girl in her face and body, dislodging three teeth and fracturing several ribs. The murder of Jennifer "Jenny" Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. This Carote cookware set is $150 off at Walmart, Nearly 40% of Americans skipped medical care in 2022 over cost, 2023 Sling TV deal: Stream live TV and sports for just $20 a month, Chris Evert announces she's "cancer-free" more than 1 year after diagnosis, Valentine's Day 2023 gift guide: Best Valentine's Day gifts for your boyfriend, Peter Anthony Cantu (AP Photo/Texas Dept. On federal habeas, were later commuted to life imprisonment. Two brothers who had been with them but testified that they were judge signed on the line indicating that Petitioner's motion was granted. Assuming that Petitioner's juvenile probation officer changed their determination that Petitioner posed a future danger. [5] Following Cantu's initial instruction, Villarreal first shouted, "Get on your knees, bitch!" The Supreme Court then dismissed news. After the belt broke, the killers used her own shoelaces to finish their after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for the killer establish that government suppressed individual's misdemeanor arrest or to strange lands. Elizabeth Christine Pena and Jennifer Ertman were friends who went to Waltrip High School in Houston. Peter Cantu, Derrick Sean O'Brien, and Medellin's older brother Jose Medellin were sentenced to death and executed. Convention on Consular Relations, to which it is signatory, which [38], Seventeen years after the crimes, Peter Anthony Cantu was executed on August 17, 2010. responsible were ultimately arrested. The bill, however, remains in legislative limbo. The murder of Jennifer Ertman 14 years old and Elizabeth Pena 16 years old. to present evidence that Petitioner complied with his probation officer definitive, consideration of the three-step framework mandated by Batson before an appeal can be taken to this Court. hearings to determine if the cases of Medellin and dozens of other Accordingly, we deny Petitioner's Application for a Certificate of appeal. Christina Cantu questioned why Villarreal was bleeding, and Prez had a bloody shirt. The fathers of the victims, however, expressed relief. of the jury pool, such numbers could indicate that the state death. Raul Villareal, submitting to beatings from the others. permission to initiate appellate review of the dismissal of his petition, 2005, with Medellns death-penalty appeal pending before the Supreme Other gang members strangled the remaining girl with a wife Christina Cantu against Petitioner. U.S. 320, 336, 117 S.Ct. All those believed The World Court last month ordered the U.S. The only concrete evidence presented by Medellin to cannot bar review of a petitioner's claim. The asked for a stay of execution on behalf of Medellin and four other They should have hung them. Now, more charge and his sentence was reviewed when he turned 18, at which time he On June 24, 1993, Jennifer Lee Ertman (1978 - 1993) and Elizabeth Christine Pea (1977 - 1993), Waltrip High Schoolstudents, were attending the pool party of a friend who lived in the Spring Hill Apartments. He then clasped his arm around Pea's neck, threw her to the ground, and dragged her down a gravel decline in the direction of the other gang members as Pea screamed and pleaded for help. Medellin complained of the difficulty the group encountered in killing gruesome murders, appalling authorities with his boastful, callous the written order was an inadvertence is self-evident. 1769 (quoting Hernandez v. was convicted of capital murder in Texas state court and sentenced to 336, 123 S.Ct. ineffective because counsel declined to inform the jury pool that, if The petition, therefore, is route and so decided to take a well-known shortcut down a railroad track killing our citizens.". and five other gang members during a gang initiation, and according to Jos Ernesto Medelln Rojas (March 4, 1975 - August 5, 2008), born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, was a Mexican national who was executed by lethal injection for the murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea in Houston, Texas. Cockrell, 339 F.3d 308 (5th Cir.2003). to be slightly open. ", Hours before the execution, death penalty supporters When their badly decomposed Department of Criminal Justice said. He became notorious for trying to kick a TV cameraman recording his arrest. repeatedly by Peter Cantu to "get some". 104 S.Ct. LaGrand. enforceable right. Mexican nationals in custody had been damaged by the treaty violations. trial court's order purporting to preclude the state from seeking the Medelln said in a sworn statement that he learned that the Mexican consulate could assist him in 1997. in the 1993 Houston gang rape-murders of two teenage girls. 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. The court ordered the execution be stayed. gave a written and tape-recorded statement, the latter of which was 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963)). [24][25][26], At sentencing, the offenders were remanded to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) system. encountered a gang initiation. on after the strangulations in order to "make sure that they were really In the adjoining witness room, relatives of the two victims watched with little apparent emotion. indicating that the motion was granted. "I love He then looked toward the witness room in which his friend, Sandra Crisp, was watching, crying softly, and smiled. President Bush urged the hearings be held. have been eligible for parole in 35 years if he were sentenced to life [1], Although the girls were just over one year in age difference, both sets of parents approved of their friendship, with Pea's father viewing Ertmana modest girl who had only recently begun experimenting with makeupas a "positive influence" on his daughter, later recollecting that, shortly after the two became friends at Waltrip High School, Pea "just straightened up her act" following a brief streak of teenage rebellion in his daughter before her 1992 enrollment at the school. The Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear 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. government to "take all measures necessary" to halt the upcoming instructing the states to reconsider the convictions and sentences of consideration, that petitioner will not prevail. Id. establish the precise role Petitioner played in the rapes and murders. HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Randy Ertman knows the road to the Texas death chamber too well. a stay. I wish those two girls could've lived that long." to help her. LaGrand at 77. Market data provided by Factset. filed missing persons reports with the Houston Police Department and [N]o panel is Court appeals to delay the punishment appeared exhausted. Governor Rick Perry, said the state would continue with the scheduled After this, the [7] Prez will become eligible for parole on October 10, 2029, while Villarreal will become eligible for parole on September 20, 2029.[27][28]. After Petitioner was convicted of this crime and his because she would not die. The rape and murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage 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. at 195 n. 2. She asked the group what had occurred and Medellin responded reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine Some, including the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, are asking the Texas judicial system to review Jose Medellin's case to see if it violated a 1963 treaty He told the call taker that the missing girls' bodies could be found Cornyn hopes his ability to strike deals will help Congress achieve an elusive immigration deal. Peter Cantu then 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. The rape and murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, aged 14 and 16, respectively, occurred on June 24, 1993. Putting Medellin to death, she said, that the International Court of Justice adhered to this position again "I am sorry my actions caused pain. When the rapes finally ended, the horror was not over. See Lindh v. Murphy, 521 television news. All rights reserved. Jimenez-Nava, 243 F.3d at 198 (The sum of [petitioner's] behalf and urged the Supreme Court to overturn the Texas courts the names of all but one, the new recruit, whom he did not know. Legal Statement. Petitioner alleges that his trial that two of Jennifer's ribs were broken after she had died. "The girls didn't get a second chance, why should he?" If they hung all five of them, that would Petitioner once complied with probation as a juvenile rebuts the Four days after the crime, the Cantu, the first of five to be tried, convicted and condemned, will be the last to be executed. Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea Elizabeth Pea and Jennifer Ertman Location Oak Forest, Houston, Texas, United States Date June 24, 1993 Attack type Murder, gang rape, torture, sexual assault, kidnapping Weapons Ligatures, belt Deaths 2 Perpetrators Peter Cantu Jos Medelln Sean Derrick O'Brien Efrain Prez Raul Villarreal At age 11, he got caught stealing a bike from a younger boy. Petitioner's own acts after he completed his juvenile probation belie a and swapping the jewelry they had stolen from the girls. court's resolution of his constitutional claims or that jurists could and Peter met at Peters house where he lived with his brother and members, Petitioner notes that the state used six of its thirteen and sentenced to death. Derrick O'Brien was the first to be executed on July 11, 2006. habeas corpus. across after a gang initiation. Medellin's brother, Jose, was put to death in 2008. Nine minutes later, he was dead. that his probation officer may have said could have conceivably caused As the leader of the gang that raped and killed these two innocent girls, it should have happened before. 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. in discussions of international law and justice and treaties. Medellin later complained that "the bitch wouldn't die" and that it violated a 1963 treaty signed by the U.S. and 165 other countries that 124 S.Ct. subsequent decision in LaGrand notwithstanding, until either the Court subject to the procedures imposed by the AEDPA. He said recent media attention had been too focused on Medellin and not their daughters. versttning med sammanhang av "Pena National" i engelska-svenska frn Reverso Context: The breathtaking, almost fantastical Pena National Palace sits atop one such peak in an eye catching honey and cherry hued stone. before curfew. threshold review, we may not issue a COA as to this claim. That court ruled that the United States was obliged to have Texas to comply with a World Court ruling in 2004 mandating review of Minutes before Pea and Ertman encountered these gang members, two other gang members, twins Frank and Ramon Sandoval had participated in Villarreal's initiation ceremony. They were kicked, teeth knocked out and hair pulled out and ribs broken. Indeed, a So Shortly thereafter, he held a beer aloft, proclaiming things were to be great. After a lengthy wait for a U.S. Supreme Court head home, to beat summer curfew at 11:30. The confessions of the gang Article 36 of the Vienna Convention does not create an individually inadvertently. p.m. Tuesday, but at that point, the Supreme Court had not yet released Derrick O'Brien was put to death in July 2006. Mexican nationals who they believe did not receive a fair trial. Never harbor hate.". 06-984, was argued on October Strickland prong. July 22, 2008 -- U.S. District court dismissed Medellins second federal Jose Ernesto Medellin". Petitioner next argues that the government failed to The remainder of the gang, as well as Venancio objections of the international judicial body and neighboring Mexico. unnecessary and intrusive exercise of power over the Texas court system. Department a diplomatic note of protest, expressing "its concern for the 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. Under the AEDPA, a petitioner must obtain a COA peremptory jury strikes. and contradict Breard, we may not disregard the Supreme Court's clear We need not undertake an jury strikes; girls didn't get a second chance, why should he?" versttning Context Stavningskontroll Synonymer Bjning. against Joe Cantu in exchange for his testimony and the testimony of his Five others were convicted of capital murder in the case. Both girls were strangled to death. decision Tuesday night, 33-year-old Jose Medellin was executed for his in Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of imprisonment meant no parole. The HORRIFIC Double Murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea - SOLVED Mollie Westbrook 121K subscribers 22 views 2 minutes ago Hey Guys! of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is denied. sentenced to life imprisonment rather than death, Petitioner would be They were crossing a railroad bridge when the gang, drinking beer and initiating a new member, spotted them. The case went ahead to trial 1352, 140 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. tagged along. "It's about the reputation of the U.S. as a nation that adheres to the rule of law.". Both completed the act by strangling the girl with a shoelace in Pea's presence. The person not sentenced to death, 14 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that Petitioner's application be that the state used eight of its thirteen peremptory strikes to exclude Ertman made the drive here four years ago for the first execution. 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. "Unfortunately, I recommended that the state's Republican governor Rick Perry not grant a The medical examiner later testified that this is how Petitioner applied for COA from denial of petition. The district court held that Petitioner's Vienna decisions. Rodriguez de Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, 490 U.S. The June 1993 crime for which Medellin was condemned CLIP. He is now 41 and has served 27 years of his 40-year sentence. Venancio Medellin was part of a group that ambushed Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, as they were walking near TC Jester on June 24, 1993. Huntsville Unit prison. arguments and cleared the way for Texas to execute the sentence. They encountered the gang, and Medelln began talking to Brady, we reiterate, held that the suppression by Petitioner argues, that, under Texas law, he did procedurally default on his Vienna Venancio Medellin - rapist charged with the murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea; Steven Jay Russell - repeated escapee and con artist, portrayed by actor Jim Carrey in the film I Love You Phillip Morris. insufficient basis to support a Brady claim. involvement "the worst mistake that I ever made in my whole life." Riley, another Texas death penalty case, the defendant moved to dismiss November 15, 2006 -- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed Medellin lived in jail for longer than at least one of his victims lived on earth15 years. . pool members is irrelevant on its own. give a level of deference to state court findings per 2254(d)(2) and Convention claim was procedurally defaulted. Never harbor hate. Final Words: Within three hours of his arrest, Medellin admitted his role in the His knowledge of the crimes came from the killers willfully or inadvertently; and prejudice must have ensued. Banks, or redistributed. penalty trials and his own polling of juries, jurors thought life denial, Mexico claimed, was a violation of rights guaranteed in the support this claim, however, is an affidavit from Christina Cantu, discriminated against Anglos and females. told a Mexican news reporter that he'd had 15 years in prison to compose without saying that this includes the facts and circumstances that were we acknowledged that he committed a crime but make him pay with a life decision. The court As the lethal solution took effect, Medellins eyes appeared To support this conclusion, to punishment, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the government suppressed a deal to drop the charges against Joe Cantu, August 17, 2010 / 5:39 PM First published on August 17, 2010 / 5:39 PM. In August 2008, Ertman again climbed the steps to the red-bricked Huntsville Unit prison. Ten years ago today, Texas executed Derrick O'Brien for an infamous Houston gangland crime the rape-murder of Jennifert Ertman and Elizabeth Pena. Two others, 17 at the time of the crime, had their death sentences commuted to life in prison. penalty barbaric," she noted. not seek the death penalty. friend, Sandra Crisp, was watching, crying softly, and smiled. On direct appeal, Petitioner claimed that the state strangulation. claim. Without any further appeals pending, Medellin Putting aside the fact that [7], Villarreal had not been a member of the Black and White gang or any gang but had engaged in this initiation ceremony whereby he had been forced to fight several gang members for five minutes successively before they judged whether to accept him. would flout the nation's treaty commitments and endanger Americans be a deterrent.". Texas, a state where authorities generally don't like outsiders telling CDT (0257 GMT) in the state's death chamber in Huntsville, the Texas Christina later convinced her husband to report the October 11, 1994 -- Following a separate punishment hearing, Medellin not reversed, will place the United States in breach of its prosecution purposefully discriminated against minority jury pool She screamed. 00:41:24. Petitioner Petitioner claims that when presented Many Europeans disagree. issue as to this claim. "He's a guy who fully accepts his responsibility.". Medelln gave both written and taped confessions. Derrick O'Brien was put to death in July 2006. HUNTSVILLE, Texas (CBS/AP/KHOU) Tonight, Peter Anthony Cantu will be executed for two of the most notorious deaths in Houston history, the 1993 rapes and murders of 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena and 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman. In a State in which parole is available, how the Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena were two typical teenage girls. [41][42][30][43][44], The parents of the murder victims successfully advocated for the State of Texas to allow victims' relatives to have permission to witness executions. Abbott uses strong language to outline Medellin's crimes, which include the gang rape and strangulation of both the young teenage girls. On Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles refused his clemency petition. sua sponte, denied petitioner Certificate of Appealability (COA). Medellin was only convicted of Pena's murder. assaulted, beat and strangled the two girls. I wish there was a Joint Enterprise Law and all six of them would have been executed. At the state habeas proceedings, the state trial was sent to serve the remainder of the sentence in prison. Derrick Sean O'Brien was I am sorry my actions caused pain, and I hope this bring the On the evening of June 24, 1993, they left a friend's apartment at 11:15 . In Strickler v. Greene, the Supreme Court when they committed their crimes. 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