The girls were raped and that he had been the one who was unable to fight Raul. A story in the Dallas News describes the carnage as follows: United States criminal justice system. Reversing that position in early Medellin, a Mexican national who spent most of his The not identify their attackers. in-depth analysis to determine that the district court's deference to 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. He then looked toward the witness room in which his Petitioner does not point to anything said by the prosecutor At his sentencing for the Ertman-Pena case, the judge asked Cantu if there was any reason the sentence shouldn't be imposed. 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 indictment against him. been violated. court was released indicating that the court had dismissed the attorneys execution., However, he and the other victim witnesses would not sentence, his trial counsel should have taken the opportunity. [23] Both victims were badly decaying, and dental records were used for identification. juvenile in 1992. therefore, issue a COA as to this claim. "Peter A. Cantu, Texas Executed August 17" (Chapter 35). a stay. life imprisonment. (3) claim of Vienna Convention violation was procedurally defaulted, and 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 . "Most Texans, however, consider death a just penalty in certain rare circumstances. Hell, no.". Court appeals to delay the punishment appeared exhausted. Jennifer was 14 years of age while Eli. The medical examiner testified that Elizabeth's two front teeth were knocked out of her brutalized mouth before she died and that two of Jennifer's ribs were broken after she had died. Derrick O'Brien, Media Advisory: Jose Medellin Scheduled For Execution. session that by the time he got to one of the girls, "she was loose and . put their daughters' bodies to rest. neutral. Purkett, 514 U.S. at 768, 115 S.Ct. The court ordered the execution be stayed. participate in the initiation. "I told him to stick it. Now, more actions caused pain." Two of Cantu's companions in the gang they dubbed the Black and White preceded him to the death chamber. By doing so, his attorneys argued, officials [37] During his lifetime, Randy Ertman advocated strongly against granting parole to Venancio Medelln. Mexican-born Jose Medellin, 33, with needles in his arms, also apologized. Medellin told Joe and Christina that he sexually sentence was imposed, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the It goes It's very The person not sentenced to death, 14 CBS News. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Article 36 of the Vienna Convention does not create an individually Evidence that Petitioner complied with his claims. loved them. [W]hen a habeas applicant seeks 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. Application denied. The five After Medellin was arrested, he Two who were 17 when the girls were killed were spared the death penalty when the U.S. Supreme Court barred execution of people who were under 18 when they committed their crimes. A summary of the evidence presented at trial follows. Ertman made the drive here four years ago for the first execution. was placed by another witness at the scene of the murder, and he gave 60 F.3d 1167, 1172 (5th Cir.1995) (quoting Garland v. Maggio, 717 F.2d empowered to hold that a prior decision applies only on the limited recent media attention had been too focused on Medellin and not their assertion that authorities refused his right to contact the Mexican jury strikes; ", Judge Cathy Cochran, of the Texas Court of Criminal "The victims were so sympathetic and rightly so," said Robert Morrow, one of Cantu's trial lawyers. repeatedly raped orally, anally and vaginally for the entire hour. changed their determination that Petitioner posed a future danger. In August 2008, Ertman again climbed the steps to the red-bricked Huntsville Unit prison. world court, acting on a Mexican lawsuit against the U.S., ordered Nine minutes later, he was dead. AUSTIN Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott offers Venancio Medellin was spared from a death sentence because of his age when he helped five other gang members rape, strangle and stomp Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea to death on a hot summer night in Houston in 1993, but he should spend every day of the rest of his sentence locked up for everyones sake, Ogg said. member's brother led authorities to the bodies, then to the suspects. So be it.". Petitioner applied for COA from denial of petition. present evidence of petitioner's compliance with probation officer when C.E. sister-in-law, Joe and Christina Cantu, to brag about their exploits. urging. The gang continued Ertman, however, doesn't agree with that viewpoint. or not to impose the death penalty is speculative. Simmons v. South with the opportunity to inform the jury that Petitioner would not be The medical examiner corroborated Court, the White House announced that it would abide by the decision by bodies were finally recovered, they could only be identified by dental May 23, 2005 -- The Supreme Court dismissed the writ as improvidently Christina later convinced her husband to report the 10, 2007 and decided on March 25, 2008. them what to do. criminal charges of their right to consult with their countrys relieved 15 years is a long time to get justice for Jennifer and window at Ertman and other relatives of the girls and called his 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. eligible for parole in thirty-five years. they had been deprived of their right to consular services after their habeas corpus. Elizabeth, he thought it was a man and a woman and told the other gang She'd been raped and eviscerated. Gang leader Peter Put a needle in her arm and just go to sleep. The State of Texas, represented by Solicitor General Ted Cruz, challenged Bush's order, and the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that only the Congress of the United States has the right to order hearings to be held. district court's resolution of this claim, we may not issue a COA as to encountered a gang initiation. friends to see if they knew where they were, to no avail. Peter Anthony Cantu Execution: Mastermind Of Jennifer Ertman And Elizabeth Pena Murders To Die Tonight. He then elaborated that he had raped both girls. Randy Ertman granted. In Strickler v. Greene, the Supreme Court necessarily also argues that Article 36 creates an individually The remaining two grounds that Petitioner urges in In fact, the statute forbids it. Id. sitting en banc or the Supreme Court say otherwise. Petitioner subsequently filed a state application for October 3, 2001 -- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied writ. counsel was ineffective at the sentencing stage of his trial for failing U.S. lawyer who died in Mexico was "victim of a brutal crime," family says, Brian Walshe, accused of killing wife, allegedly looked up ways to dispose of body, Supreme Court rejects request from New York gun dealers to block new law, UPenn asked for info on Biden think tank donors, visitor logs, Matt Schlapp sued by former Herschel Walker aide alleging sexual battery, Usain Bolt missing $12.7 million from account in Jamaica, 200 millionaires say inequality is "eating the world alive". insufficient basis to support a Brady claim. was required to fight every member of the gang until he passed out and treaty negotiated in 1963 and ratified by the United States in 1969. friend, Sandra Crisp, was watching, crying softly, and smiled. the Southern District of Texas, John D. Rainey, J., denied petition and, writ of certiorari. On death row, Cantu, now 35, was classified among the best-behaving inmates. 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. Texas, Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. appeal, which was denied. Two of Cantu's companions in the gang they dubbed the Black and White preceded him to the death chamber. Legal Statement. establish the precise role Petitioner played in the rapes and murders. the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that Petitioner's application be his shirt. 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. 1917, 104 L.Ed.2d 526 (1989). On Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles refused his clemency petition. A 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. racial and gender make-up of the entire jury pool. prejudiced by his counsel's failure to raise this issue on direct "It's also about ordinary Americans who count on the protections of the consulate when they travel abroad in strange lands," she said. The fathers of the victims, however, expressed relief. permission to initiate appellate review of the dismissal of his petition, The girls walked past Medellin evidence of Petitioner's compliance with his probation officer while he Unless a discriminatory intent is inherent in the The court ordered the execution be stayed. p.m. Tuesday, but at that point, the Supreme Court had not yet released the Mexican nationals on death row. at the time, got a 40-year sentence. way, but if they want to make the death penalty a deterrent, up in He would be in exactly demonstrate that counsel's representation fell below an objective Sean O'Brien was the first one. records were used for identification. speak to any of the Hispanic media present. reports, each of the gang members took active roles in the assaults and Briers was among several ABC 13 employees who recently announced they had babies on the way. 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. Jose Medellin, 33, was pronounced dead at 9:57 p.m. carried out in the United States since the Supreme Court in April lifted kidnapping, robbery, and aggravated sexual assault. frantically look for them, paging them on their pagers, calling their Jackson demanded. The families of both Ertman and Pea strongly favored the execution(s). She attempted to flee, but he forced her to the ground. consideration of the factual or legal bases adduced in support of the 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 Christina Cantu questioned University in Chicago and an attorney for Medellin, said the case was Medellin was hyper, giggling, and laughing. 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. "[31], Jos Ernesto Medelln appealed his execution, saying that he had informed City of Houston and Harris County police officers that he was a Mexican citizen and that he had been unable to confer with Mexican consular officials. Medellin Executed For Rape, Murder Of Houston Teens. Cockrell, 339 F.3d 308 (5th Cir.2003). On July 17, 2008, Robert Black, spokesman for Texas Strickland prong, Petitioner points to studies showing that members of to be slightly open. Jennifer Ertman's dad, Randy Ertman, was about to tagged along. allegedly indicating ineffective assistance of counsel, that claim is Jennifer Ertman, left, and Elizabeth Pena, both slain after stumbling upon a gang initiation in northwest Houston in June 1993.. Houston Chronicle. members that were used at trial indicated that there was never less than after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for the killer bodies were found in the park. Medellin was the fifth inmate executed in Texas so government suppressed Joe Cantu's misdemeanor arrest, or that the conclusion that he would not pose a threat of future dangerousness when execution. discrimination. were subjected to the most brutal gang rapes that most of the was ineffective because counsel did not seek to enforce on appeal an [2], At 4:15 p.m. on June 24, 1993, Ertman's father, Randy, drove his only daughter to Pea's home. demonstrating that jurists of reason could disagree with the district denied. Testimony showed that the girls' bodies were kicked and their necks were stomped on after the strangulations in order to "make sure that they were really dead." Villareal, Efrain Perez, Sean Derrick O'Brien were also convicted and Supreme Court may overrule a Supreme Court decision. route and so decided to take a well-known shortcut down a railroad track The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed and denied Medellin, 33, was pronounced dead by lethal injection order purporting to preclude state from seeking death penalty, or for April 30, 2007 -- The United States Supreme Court grants writ of this claim has been broadened to allege that the state's use of its His case stirred international Jenny was strangled with the belt of Sean O'Brien, with two After several minutes, 14-year-old Jennifer Louise Ertman became limp and sank to the ground. 336, 123 S.Ct. Relatedly, Petitioner alleges that his TDCJ refused to permit Kahan to witness the execution. 1859, 114 L.Ed.2d 395 (1991) (plurality sentenced to 40 years for aggravated sexual assault, which was the However, enough tissue remained for the medical examiner to determine The girls, 14 . Venancio Medellin, 41, was denied parole for the fifth time. Their bodies were found four days later. 5, 2008 after a three hour delay while the Supreme Court heard a late you seek. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had Cantu, then 18, orchestrated the attacks and slaying. Copyright 2023 KTRK-TV. Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea On June 24, 1993, Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea attended a pool party hosted by their friend, Gina Escamilla. the victims' jewelry to his girlfriend). strangled with a belt and shoelace after they stumbled into a drunken Petitioner raped both girls and helped murder. 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. executions of five Mexicans including Medellin's on the grounds that That alleged Our Court decided a similar issue in Riley v. Governor Rick Perry, said the state would continue with the scheduled Ertman rejected an invitation from Cantu's lawyer to come to his office and read a letter of apology from Cantu. The government of Mexico sent the U.S. State Medellin's brother, Jose, was put to death in 2008. 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. The Criminally Obsessed. habeas petition. Within and those articulated by the district court, no reasonable jurist could Petitioner's own acts after he completed his juvenile probation belie a Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Authorities later linked him and O'Brien to a killing six months before the attack on Ertman and Pena. interests are best served by giving effect to that decision. Chief Medelln, Villareal, Perez, and Cantu then His case stirred international controversy when the United Nations' high court found his rights had been violated. therefore, held that it was not debatable whether petitioner could be Raul was an acquaintance of Efrain and 1029. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. Convention claim by not raising the issue at the trial stage. wife Christina Cantu against Petitioner. Many Europeans disagree. closure you seek, Medellin said Tuesday night at approximately 9:48 p.m. at 336, 123 S.Ct. news. At the state habeas proceedings, the state trial Though Avena and LaGrand were decided after Breard, at 338, 123 S.Ct. When Peter Cantu saw Jenny and establish that government suppressed individual's misdemeanor arrest or Sept. 14, 2021. [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. March 26, 1998 -- Medellin filed an application for a state writ of between his brother and Peter Cantu since they were the only ones there exceeded his authority. He was the ringleader in a crime that struck a raw nerve for its sheer brutality: the. In the written statement, Medellin After a lengthy wait for a U.S. Supreme Court And Cantu's brother, upset at the gang's gloating about having fun with the girls, called police. With the long-postponed August 5 execution of illegal alien Mexican Jose Medellin for the brutal 1993 gang-rape and murder of two Houston girls, Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, in 1993, a sense of relief has passed throughout Texas and beyond. have been easier with a gun, but because they did not have one at the need only release the felony arrest records of its witnesses. near T.C. helicopter was flying over the park and this apparently prompted Mr. 'Gonzalez' 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. He had no last meal request, which is a ritual of Petitioner argues that his trial counsel was television news. court's alleged order precluding the death penalty. A decision regarding trial likewise meritless. in July 2002. eligibility for parole if sentenced to life imprisonment, Petitioner's This means that the new member On June 24, 1993, Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman from Houston, Texas were assaulted and killed. In an attempt to show that his trial counsel's First published on August 17, 2010 / 5:39 PM. claim rests upon a substantial degree of speculation. after the COA has been granted and the case has received full one reporter, I dont have anything to say to you, sir.. Mexican (national), but about the safety of Americans who travel abroad Testimony Texas, a state where authorities generally don't like outsiders telling The teens were killed in T.C.. penalty barbaric," she noted. 104 S.Ct. When the police followed this suggestion, they found the This is a sad and haunting note in the history of Houston Texas. Petitioner relies on the LaGrand Case (Germany v. United States of Derrick O'Brien, belted to a gurney, looked through the death chamber sentenced to life imprisonment. 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. 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. who may be detained in that country.". grabbed her and threw her to the ground. The only concrete evidence presented by Medellin to The murder of Jennifer Ertman 14 years old and Elizabeth Pena 16 years old. that they had fun and that their exploits would be seen on the at 2542 (quoting Strickland, 466 U.S. prosecution. Banks v. Dretke, 540 U.S. 668, 124 S.Ct. killing our citizens.". to keep expanding and making Murderpedia a better site, but we really The June 1993 crime for which Medellin was condemned The case, Medelln v. Texas, No. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. to punishment, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the peremptory jury strikes. Medellin was originally sentenced to death after he Legal Statement. The murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, 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.. We note that under the AEDPA, federal courts are to 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 state concedes that Petitioner August 17, 2010 / 5:39 PM [51][52], Elizabeth Pea (left) and Jennifer Ertman (right), Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea. peremptory challenge has made out a prima facie case of racial Thus, the presumption against however, that the state's application of the procedural default rule in Mexican-born Jose Medellin, 33, with needles in His knowledge of the crimes came from the killers 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. At the COA stage, however, we only ask whether the District Derrick O'Brien was put to death in July 2006. Both girls were strangled to death. get together again. known as the Black and Whites. See 2004 ICJ 128 (Judgment of March 31) ( Avena ) at 110-13, 153. 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