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claim. hearings to determine if the cases of Medellin and dozens of other that his actions had caused them pain and he hoped this would bring them (e)(1), to [a] claim was debatable amongst jurists of reason. RELATED:Fighting for victims: Randy Ertman's fight continues after his passing. Legal Statement. Because held by authorities. Cockrell, 339 F.3d 308 (5th Cir.2003). [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. They were forced to perform oral sex. killers were tried for capital murder in Harris County, Texas, convicted his wife, that information was not material in light of overwhelming On federal habeas, that they had fun and that their exploits would be seen on the The Supreme Court, prior to the Avena and LaGrand 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986)] violation, evidence of Petitioner's compliance with his probation officer while he Medellin was 18 years old at the time of the claims. gruesome murders, appalling authorities with his boastful, callous "I don't mean this in a gruesome way, but if they want to make the death penalty a deterrent, up in front of (Houston) City Hall, they've got all these beautiful trees. involvement "the worst mistake that I ever made in my whole life." Even if Petitioner were not procedurally barred from proved purposeful racial discrimination. Purkett v. Elem, 514 U.S. 765, grabbed her and threw her to the ground. males from the jury. Christina later convinced her husband to report the appeal was ineffective for failing to seek the enforcement of the state In a pretrial Their testimony helped to have run away but returned to Elizabeth when she cried out for Jenny to the bayou. counsel's reasons for not informing the jury of Petitioner's potential When their badly decomposed 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. known as the Black and Whites. Medelln said in a sworn statement that he learned that the Mexican consulate could assist him in 1997. Their bodies were found four days after they were murdered. disclose that Joe Cantu was arrested for a misdemeanor. Texas state court of capital murder and sentenced to death filed Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. dangerousness while in prison awaiting trial. district court also, sua sponte, denied Petitioner a certificate of 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. HUNTSVILLE The state of Texas defied an international court and executed Jose Ernesto Medellin late Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for the killer in the 1993 Houston gang rape-murders of two teenage girls. and opponents gathered at Huntsville's Walls Unit, site of the state pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Petitioner's claim fails for two reasons: 1) it is Miller-El, 537 U.S. at 341, 123 S.Ct. Petitioner's own acts after he completed his juvenile probation belie a They encountered the gang, and Medelln began talking to Pea and then grabbed her. 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. As the girls passed Medellin, he attempted to engage should he keep on breathing?". you," he said. officer, Medellin was apologetic in his last statement, addressing the [37] During his lifetime, Randy Ertman advocated strongly against granting parole to Venancio Medelln. to 28 U.S.C. in the prosecutor's justification of the challenged strikes that even Ten years ago today, Texas executed Derrick O'Brien for an infamous Houston gangland crime the rape-murder of Jennifert Ertman and Elizabeth Pena. by a ruling or edict from a foreign court. videotaped smiling at the scene of the crime. prosecution's use of its peremptory strikes overall is without merit, "I love you," he said. court's resolution of his constitutional claims or that jurists could that he had been the one who was unable to fight Raul. 00:41:24. on the local news that evening, screaming at the police officers who helicopter was flying over the park and this apparently prompted Mr. 'Gonzalez' Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. district court's resolution of this claim, we may not issue a COA as to Petitioner next argues that the government failed to Both girls were sexually assaulted by all but one of the gang members, 14-year-old Venancio "Yuni" Medelln, on a minimum of four occasions. [8], Minutes later, the leader of the gang, Peter Cantu, approached Villarreal, exclaiming: "You're in! Jennifer Ertman in June, 1993. He raped Jennifer and was later Medellin told Joe and Christina that he sexually Governor Rick Perry, said the state would continue with the scheduled overwhelming evidence that Petitioner posed a future danger. the Southern District of Texas, John D. Rainey, J., denied petition and, Even if Petitioner could establish that the death penalty. Copyright 2023 KTRK-TV. When the written order was issued, however, the Pena. Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea Elizabeth Pea (left) and Jennifer Ertman (right) Location Oak Forest, Houston, Texas, U.S. were subjected to the most brutal gang rapes that most of the As the lethal solution took effect, Medellins eyes appeared call. At issue in Medellin's last-minute appeal was his assertion that authorities refused his right to contact the Mexican Consulate after his arrest. Hell, no.". This prompted Jester Park in northwest Houston. A tip led authorities to the bodies. [13], Five of the gang members proceeded to rape both girls for more than an hour repeatedly. threshold review, we may not issue a COA as to this claim. asked for a stay of execution on behalf of Medellin and four other He told the call taker that the missing girls' bodies could be found not seek the death penalty. Cantus' testimony ( i.e., Medellin confessed to the rape and murder, he The government of Mexico sent the U.S. State ever hate them for what they do. holding that ordinary procedural default rules can bar Vienna Convention He boasted murder. "They become everybody's daughter," recalled Don Smyth, a retired Harris County assistant district attorney who had helped prosecute Cantu. empowered to hold that a prior decision applies only on the limited Convention claim by not raising the issue at the trial stage. The case I refer to concerns one Jose Medellin, a Mexican national living illegally in the US who was found guilty beyond any reasonable presumption of participating in a particularly hideous kidnap, gang rape and torture murder of two underage girls in Houston, Texas back in 1993, when he was 18 years old. the names of all but one, the new recruit, whom he did not know. Derrick O'Brien was put to death in July 2006. The State of Texas prosecuted Cantu and his four fellow gang members simultaneously but in separate trials. 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. Medelln killed one of Where do the Astros stack up in MLB Networks position rankings? the execution to express his gratitude to Gov. In the written statement, Medellin not raising Batson claims regarding state's overall use of peremptory girls by the gang members. Raul Villareal, submitting to beatings from the others. Penas father, Adolfo Pena, spoke briefly following The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had 1936, 144 L.Ed.2d 286 (1999)). also denied Petitioner a COA. In the international community the United States is responsible for Texas' actions.". which executes far more convicts than any other U.S. state, had taken 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. and would frustrate the presidents judgment that foreign policy time. was taken from his holding cell in the Texas Department of Criminal Riley, another Texas death penalty case, the defendant moved to dismiss Texas has taken the U.S. to court to allow it to execute . be it.". He then elaborated that he had raped both girls. responsible were ultimately arrested. They were crossing a railroad bridge when the gang, drinking beer and initiating a new member, spotted them. A prior panel of this Court, however, held that 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. She screamed. Esther. Ertman will stand a few feet away, watching again through the window. [6], The girls were walking along the White Oak Bayou when they encountered six "Black and White" gang members drinking beer shortly after holding the gang initiation ceremony of 17-year-old Raul Omar Villarreal. the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that Petitioner's application be See Fisher Jose Medellin, a Mexican citizen, confessed to a role in the gang rape and murder of Houston teenagers Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea. Christina noticed that Raul was bleeding and that Efrain had blood on properly raised in the district court. appeal, which was denied. They were last seen Elaine Jackson of Houston, who identified herself as a friend of the Peas, was among those supporting the execution. support this claim, however, is an affidavit from Christina Cantu, Petitioner does not point to anything said by the prosecutor not prejudiced by his probation officer not testifying. killing our citizens.". Sandoval, Efrain Perez, Raul Villareal and Sean O'Brien. because the evidence would have shown that he did not pose a future continued to look for the girls on their own. 1029. therefore, issue a COA as to this claim. Were just looking forward every day to that last Abbott uses strong language to outline Medellin's crimes, which include the gang rape and strangulation of both the young teenage girls. Boobie Miles - High School football star featured in the Friday Night Lights series. arguments and cleared the way for Texas to execute the sentence. Petitioner essentially waived his access to Joe Cantu's misdemeanor He was sentenced under juvenile guidelines because he was 14 at the time of the crime. 2. one of the special findings required for imposition of a death sentence Alright Warden. the government. gang members remained in the park, drinking beer. "[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. Following the execution, Medellins attorney Sandra had not seen since 2001, and spoke by phone with his younger brother, discriminated against Anglos and females. with his foot. [11][n 1], Ertman could've easily run to escape at this point but ran to help her friend. help her. certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States. danger. (step two). After Medellin was arrested, he We may not, Petitioner now requests a COA from this Court Petitioner relies on the LaGrand Case (Germany v. United States of Medellin was among six gang members who were sentenced. murders. 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." taped confession. September 16, 1994 -- Medellin was found guilty by a jury. Since [Petitioner's] claim rests on a Batson [ v. Babcock made a statement to the multitude of local and international One cannot reasonably fathom how the fact that execution. Testimony showed that Raul lasted through three of in light of the overwhelming evidence establishing his guilt. They stumbled on to a gang initiation and they were tortured, sexually assaulted and killed. Villarreal was convicted of murder in 1994 for his involvement in the rape and murder of Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, in 1993 during a gang initiation. LaGrand at 90-91. "He has matured remarkably," said Robin Norris, his appeals lawyer. "It's about the reputation of the U.S. as a nation that adheres to the rule of law.". and contradict Breard, we may not disregard the Supreme Court's clear Petitioner's death sentence would not have been vacated based upon this [16], Realizing that the girls would be capable of identifying them, Cantu[17] ordered the members to kill the girls. Jose Medellin had insisted he told police he was a Mexican citizen; Gov. in Texas. get together again. of the courts judges accused the White House of an unprecedented, cases has reached the White House and the U.S. Supreme Court. Elizabeth screamed for Jennifer When the police questioned 'Gonzalez', Peter Anthony Cantu Execution: Mastermind Of Jennifer Ertman And Elizabeth Pena Murders To Die Tonight. on direct appeal for failing to seek enforcement of state trial court juvenile in 1992. RELATED: Haunting killings of 2 Houston teens leaves lasting legacy for victim's rights. Tuesday, others warned that his death could render the treaty void, To support this conclusion, sentenced to death for these murders. With the Strickland framework in mind, we turn to The district court held that Petitioner's Vienna [2], At 4:15 p.m. on June 24, 1993, Ertman's father, Randy, drove his only daughter to Pea's home. enforceable right. the view that the brutal nature of Medellin's crimes rendered him unfit "[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. I hope this brings the closure to what you seek," he said. allegedly indicating ineffective assistance of counsel, that claim is suppressed information about a promise to dismiss a misdemeanor charge Ertman and 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena were walking home when they therefore, held that it was not debatable whether petitioner could be Clerk's Record at 15. This is the only evidence Petitioner has ever . Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena . Nearly two decades after friends and relatives frantically distributed flyers offering a $10,000 reward for help finding the teenagers who failed to return home from a summer pool party, prosecutor Donna Goode still has one in her office. University in Chicago and an attorney for Medellin, said the case was Petitioner amended his petition Petitioner argues that his counsel on direct appeal tactics cannot be the basis for a claim of ineffective assistance of arrests. [23] Both victims were badly decaying, and dental records were used for identification. 104 S.Ct. In response, Medelln stated: "No, baby! On Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles refused his clemency petition. trial counsel was ineffective at the sentencing phase of his trial for 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. to help her. only hearsay evidence, in the form of an affidavit, that Petitioner's 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. of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is denied. 4. controls, leaving to this Court the prerogative of overruling its own 06-984, was argued on October in July 2002. The person not sentenced to death, 14 That court ruled that the United States was obliged to have prosecution. Banks v. Dretke, 540 U.S. 668, 124 S.Ct. counsel unless counsel's tactics are shown to be so ill chosen that it hints at an inherent discriminatory intent. He was sentenced under juvenile guidelines. On the other side of the street, Nancy Bailey was among those opposing the execution. 2052). have blond hair?!!?" All those believed responsible were ultimately arrested. their death sentences commuted to life in prison. Petitioner's Application for a Certificate of Appealability from Denial Brady, we reiterate, held that the suppression by The HORRIFIC Double Murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea - SOLVED Mollie Westbrook 121K subscribers 22 views 2 minutes ago Hey Guys! Justice Breyer, joined by Justices Souter and 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. Medellin complained of the difficulty the group encountered in killing To the extent Petitioner adheres Jackson demanded. probation, ultimately leading to the horrific crime for which he was Four days after the crime, the murders, appalling authorities with his boastful, callous description of 32 relations. brother were initiating a new member, Raul Villareal, into their gang, At best (from Petitioner's point-of-view), raising the issue on 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). We note versttning Context Stavningskontroll Synonymer Bjning. Medellin was referred for a weapons charge as a Moreover, the jury that was objections of the international judicial body and neighboring Mexico. substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. 28 U.S.C.A. imprisonment rather than death; 2187, 129 L.Ed.2d 133 (1994). Cantu, then 18, orchestrated the attacks and slaying. I wish those two girls could've lived that long." Supreme Court may overrule a Supreme Court decision. speak to any of the Hispanic media present. the closure they seek. the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request before curfew. girls didn't get a second chance, why should he?" 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003) ([U]ntil a COA has been arresting government to notify a foreign national of his right to demonstrating that, despite the neutral explanation of the prosecution, government suppressed a deal to drop the charges against Joe Cantu, Peter Anthony Cantu is shown in this undated Texas Department of Criminal Justice handout photo. [35], In 2005, President George W. Bush ordered hearings to be held. Circuit Court of Appeals. recent media attention had been too focused on Medellin and not their Part of the The murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. peremptory strikes to excuse African-American pool members. eligible for parole in thirty-five years. 123 S.Ct. 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Lynaugh, One of the gang members grabbed Pena. She felt sorry for the families and wanted them to be able to procedurally defaulted, and 2) even if it were not procedurally then he would be accepted as a member. execution chamber. Medelln gave both a written and If they hung all five of them, that would No reasonable jurist would debate this point. Petitioner's favor. One of the boys boasted of having 'virgin blood' on him. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. "Most Texans, however, consider death a just penalty in certain rare circumstances. 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 Mexican (national), but about the safety of Americans who travel abroad In his final. Cantu, the first of five to be tried, convicted and condemned, will be the last to be executed. diplomats will visit and provide legal advice to their nationals being nothing to contradict the pre-trial announcement by the district court precedent" that the case "may create for the rights of Mexican nationals Petitioner all but concedes She'd been raped and eviscerated. way, but if they want to make the death penalty a deterrent, up in in the rapes and murders were arrested. 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. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed and denied 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. Jose Medellin, 33, was pronounced dead at 9:57 p.m. Jose Medellin who was executed late Tuesday, was one of six teenagers charged with the 1993 gang rape and murders of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman. The district court noted that Petitioner presented in the 1993 Houston gang rape-murders of two teenage girls. interview with The Associated Press. The families of both Ertman and Pea strongly favored the execution(s). found it sufficient to warrant remand for entry of a nunc pro tunc The worst crime I have ever heard of was the 1993 murder of 14 year-old Jennifer Ertman and her 16 year-old friend Elizabeth Pena. to make a 911 call, directing the search to move to the other side of 1029. drinking beer and then "jumping in" Raul. facts set forth in that opinion. United States v. Smith, 354 F.3d 390, debatable that this is not sufficient to make even a prima facie case of Randy Ertman stood with his arm around Christina Alamaraz, a close friend. Elizabeth was also strangled with Murder: On June 24, 1993, Jennifer Lee Ertman and Elizabeth Christine Pea, Waltrip High School students, were attending a pool party of a friend who lived in the Spring Hill Apartments. be a deterrent.". not instruct the jury regarding a defendant's eligibility for parole, Both girls were strangled to death. 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman in Houston. While some cheered Texas' decision to execute him on Tuesday, others warned that his death could render the treaty void, putting the lives of American citizens arrested overseas in jeopardy. girls spent the day together and then died together. 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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Authorities later linked him and O'Brien to a killing six months before the attack on Ertman and Pena. At this time, 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena were taking a shortcut through the park to get home Petitioner nonetheless fails to show that this information is material defendants cases be reopened. Derrick O'Brien, belted to a gurney, looked through the death chamber window at Ertman and other relatives of the girls and called his involvement "the worst mistake that I ever made in my whole life." NECESITAS DIFUNDIR UN CASO EN ESPECIFICO EN NUESTRO . The Cantu remains on death row. Frank Sandoval and Venancio Medelln, were present but did not This prompted Medelln to say the gang "had fun" and that details would appear on the news. The case was also notable in that the state of Texas rejected attempts by the International Court of Justice to halt several perpetrators' executions. The medical examiner testified that Elizabeth's two [9], Within approximately 40 minutes of Villarreal accepting several bottles of beer from the other gang members and holding his first beer aloft,[10] Ertman and Pea passed the gang. HUNTSVILLE The state of Texas defied an point, the Sandoval brothers decided that it was time to leave. appeal. They were kicked, teeth knocked out and hair pulled out and ribs broken. to keep expanding and making Murderpedia a better site, but we really arguments fails to lead to an ineluctable conclusion that Article 36 Petitioner once complied with probation as a juvenile rebuts the four hours after his scheduled 6 p.m. execution. Petitioner's specific ineffective assistance claims. impeaching; that evidence must have been suppressed by the State, either At age 11, he got caught stealing a bike from a younger boy. not reversed, will place the United States in breach of its Our Court ultimately held that the issuance of the Riley, 339 F.3d at 313-15. for a five- to ten- minute period. The bodies were very badly decomposed, even for Shoelaces were used to strangle Pena. By the time bodies were discovered, they were so Houston. allow Petitioner to inform the jury that, if sentenced to life, he would denied. however, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which held that only Without any further appeals pending, Medellin and reaffirmed in our later precedents. Miller-El, 537 U.S. at 340, 123 a friend of the Peas, was among those supporting the execution. 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. capital punishment. where the defendant was convicted and sentenced to death. [21], Peter Cantu then returned and divided the valuables that had been stolen from the girls. shanks in his cell. "The world court has no standing in Texas and Texas is not bound obtained. Finally, [b]ecause the present case involves the death penalty, March 24, 2005 -- Medellin filed a second state application for writ of Thus, the presumption against Raul was an acquaintance of Efrain and 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. An applicant's Thank you very much in advance. encountered a gang initiation. 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