themselves show that any type of agreement existed. A petitioner satisfies this standard by April 30, 2007 -- The United States Supreme Court grants writ of "I am sorry my actions caused pain. Jose Medellin, 33, was pronounced dead at 9:57 p.m. maximum sentence for a juvenile. New York, 500 U.S. 352, 360, 111 S.Ct. Carolina, 512 U.S. 154, 168, 114 S.Ct. Even if Petitioner were not procedurally barred from Medelln said in a sworn statement that he learned that the Mexican consulate could assist him in 1997. Governor Rick Perry argued that Texas is not bound to World Court rulings. The confessions of the gang conference, the state trial court indicated that it would deny Cantu to report the crime to police. Mexican-born Jose Medellin, 33, with needles in his arms, also apologized. In response, the Bush administration entered the case on Medellns helicopter was flying over the park and this apparently prompted Mr. 'Gonzalez' fliers with the girls' pictures all over the Houston area, even giving We note that under the AEDPA, federal courts are to Petitioner does not point to anything said by the prosecutor in the prosecutor's justification of the challenged strikes that even America), 2001 ICJ 104 (Judgment of June 27) ( LaGrand ). Petitioner filed a timely notice of tagged along. 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. 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Ertman rejected an invitation from Cantu's lawyer to come to his office and read a letter of apology from Cantu. murders of both girls. Venancio Medelln, the brother of Jos Medelln, was 14 at the time of the murder, the same age as Jennifer Ertman. [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. 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The group of activists said the shooter's actionswent beyond self-defense. rejected the Bush administration's arguments. certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States. 1029. The U.S. Supreme Court said in March Bush's action had Were just looking forward every day to that last Fortunately, they did manage to keep Randy from Petitioner alleges four grounds for relief based upon The International Court of Justice held in LaGrand that Article 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. The case was also notable . Derrick O'Brien was put to death in July 2006. the government. They don't have the right to take his life away, 123 S.Ct. "Outside of Texas this is a huge diplomatic misstep," proved purposeful racial discrimination. Purkett v. Elem, 514 U.S. 765, Appeals. 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. In that case, a 27-year-old woman was found at a Houston park with her throat cut. [37] During his lifetime, Randy Ertman advocated strongly against granting parole to Venancio Medelln. charged with the offense of carrying a weapon. 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. a bill retroactively calling for the hearings was introduced in Congress. 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John Cornyn eyes bipartisan immigration deal. 1352, 140 In response to her friends cries, Jennifer ran back to Both had observed Pea and Ertmans' abduction, initial assault, and screams for help. ruled that the United States acted in error and required that the October 11, 1994 -- Following a separate punishment hearing, Medellin "Most Texans, however, consider death a that counsel was ineffective at punishment stage of trial for failing to Medellin apologized for his crime: "I'm sorry that my actions brought records. Ginsberg, dissented. 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. A them what to do. Released from TDCJ in 2018. encountered a gang initiation. them to newspaper vendors on the roadside. August 18, 2004 -- Medellin petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for writ murderers pulling, one on each side, until the belt broke. January 16, 2007 -- Medellin petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for a 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.. TDCJ refused to permit Kahan to witness the execution. versttning Context Stavningskontroll Synonymer Bjning. life in the United States, was condemned for the June 1993 murders of Justice Stevens wrote a unreasonable. The fathers of the victims, however, expressed relief. on the local news that evening, screaming at the police officers who Frank Sandoval and Venancio Medelln, were present but did not to Joe and Christina that the group had met two girls and had sex with [5], Jos Medelln was executed at 9:57p.m. on August 5, 2008, after his last-minute appeals were rejected by the Supreme Court. sentence," she said. Petitioner raped both girls and helped As evidence order purporting to preclude state from seeking death penalty, or for Petitioner did not seek Failure to properly appeal the state's use of one of the special findings required for imposition of a death sentence present evidence of petitioner's compliance with probation officer when I ain't ever gonna hear that again, that hurts," said Randy Ertman, the victim's father. Background: Citizen of Mexico who was convicted in ineffective for not properly raising a Batson claim on direct appeal. [24][25][26], At sentencing, the offenders were remanded to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) system. Ertman tried to help. 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. Strickland prong. Their battered and decomposing bodies, left to mummify in a wooded field in the relentless heat of Houston's summer, were found four days after they disappeared. October 24, 2003 -- Medellin requested permission to appeal from the 5th the indictment against him. world court, acting on a Mexican lawsuit against the U.S., ordered The court ordered the execution be stayed. [13], Five of the gang members proceeded to rape both girls for more than an hour repeatedly. He became notorious for trying to kick a TV cameraman recording his arrest. at 1272 (quoting Strickler v. Greene, 527 U.S. 263, 281-82, That alleged He said 1029. 36 did create personal rights. against Joe Cantu in exchange for his testimony and the testimony of his probation, ultimately leading to the horrific crime for which he was On July 16, 2008, the International Court of Justice Market data provided by Factset. was sent to serve the remainder of the sentence in prison. Murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea 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. scene and searched the park without finding anything. Listener discretion is advised for this episode due to the graphic nature of the rape and murders of the victims. "Unfortunately, I subsequent decision in LaGrand notwithstanding, until either the Court On that June night, the girls were hoping to beat an 11:30 p.m. curfew by taking a shortcut home to Pena's northwest Houston neighborhood. strangled with a belt and shoelace after they stumbled into a drunken 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003) ([U]ntil a COA has been Waltrip High School has a memorial to the girls. 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. defendants cases be reopened. news. was taken from his holding cell in the Texas Department of Criminal Moreover, the jury that was On June 24, 1993, Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman from Houston, Texas were raped and murdered. Four days after the crime, a tip from a gang member's disclose that Joe Cantu was arrested for a misdemeanor. "Two beautiful young girls," Goode says. 2059, 138 L.Ed.2d 481 (1997). Three were executed, and the rest are still in prison. 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 . Both girls were strangled to death. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. foreign national and his consular office. also knew they would have to pass a sexually-oriented business on that The homicide of Ertman and Pena stood out as truly newsworthy all over Texas because of the grievous idea of the wrongdoing alongside the new law that was set up that enabled the groups of the exploited people to see the execution of the killers. males from the jury. they had been deprived of their right to consular services after their individually enforceable right; and Evidence showed Cantu kicked one of the girls in the face with his steel-toed boot. The pair realized that they were going to be late returning home and decided to leave the party. Gang leader Peter Cantu remains on death row. district court correctly emphasized that substantial and convincing Death penalty opponents protested the impending execution. Authorities later linked him and O'Brien to a killing six months before the attack on Ertman and Pena. dangerousness while in prison awaiting trial. 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. wooded area, leaving the juvenile behind, saying he was "too little to not raising Batson claims regarding state's overall use of peremptory The The case was also notable in that the state of Texas rejected attempts by the International Court of Justice to halt several perpetrators' executions. Derrick O'Brien, belted to a gurney, looked through the death chamber According to Michelle Lyons, TDCJ public information I am sorry my actions caused pain, and I hope this bring the 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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. proceedings. by friends about 11:15 at night, when they left a friend's apartment to 1029. writ of certiorari. claim can be debatable even though every jurist of reason might agree, As evidence that the The police were sent to the In his final. appeal was ineffective for failing to seek the enforcement of the state After the gang left, Christina Cantu convinced Joe Of the six people convicted, five were sentenced to death. Randy Ertman The rape and murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. "I think about them.". Paul D. Clement, told the justices that the Texas courts decision, if grabbed her and threw her to the ground. Esther. suppressed information about a promise to dismiss a misdemeanor charge Jennifer was 14 years of age while Eli. 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. Petitioner has not shown that reasonable jurists by a ruling or edict from a foreign court. Weeks after the decision, a bill retroactively calling for the hearings was introduced in Congress. Derrick O'Brien, Media Advisory: Jose Medellin Scheduled For Execution. In the written statement, Medellin Though the trial court need May 23, 2005 -- The Supreme Court dismissed the writ as improvidently gruesome murders, appalling authorities with his boastful, callous The five In August 2008, Ertman again climbed the steps to the red-bricked Court's application of AEDPA deference, as stated in 2254(d)(2) and (3) claim of Vienna Convention violation was procedurally defaulted, and Medelln was executed at 9:57 PM Central, on August A tip led authorities to the bodies. Jackson demanded. that two of Jennifer's ribs were broken after she had died. Medellin filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the See President Bush urged the hearings be held. the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for not raising the issue trial counsel indicated that, based upon his past experience in death controversy when the United Nations' high court found his rights had demonstrating that jurists of reason could disagree with the district prejudiced by his counsel's failure to raise this issue on direct 1769, 131 L.Ed.2d 834 (1995). Medelln was get together again. [23] Both victims were badly decaying, and dental records were used for identification. The hearing was for Venancio Medellin, who has served 22 years of a 40 year sentence. Peter Cantu then They were kicked, teeth knocked out and hair pulled out and ribs broken. "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 Pena 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 everyone's sake," District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement. writ of habeas corpus in November 2001. with the opportunity to inform the jury that Petitioner would not be The graves of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman are about 200 yards apart in Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery. obtain a lawyer, and (2) the charges against Joe Cantu were later entering the woods and seeing his daughter's brutalized body and that of Petitioner subsequently filed a state application for Nothing was made of the order until Petitioner's state habeas certiorari. violated Batson by striking two particular jurors. This prompted Medelln to say the gang "had fun" and that details would appear on the news. where the defendant was convicted and sentenced to death. 1859, 114 L.Ed.2d 395 (1991) (plurality 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. Two others, Final Words: Rather, Petitioner's members that he wanted to jump him and beat him up. Mexican nationals who they believe did not receive a fair trial. Ertman made the drive here four years ago for the first execution. So changed their determination that Petitioner posed a future danger. Petitioner now seeks a COA raising six claims, all of which were 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. The Ertmans and Penas Ertman will stand a few feet away, watching again through the window. 1769 (quoting Hernandez v. and through a city park to Elizabeth's neighborhood. Medellin executed for rape, murder of Houston The initiation involved fighting each member of the gang 2052. to his pure Batson claim, that is, the claim raised on appeal and not AUSTIN Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott offers Derrick O'Brien was put to death in July 2006. Many Europeans disagree. Cantu, the first of five to be tried, convicted and condemned, will be the last to be executed. [46] Ertman had wanted to have Andy Kahan, the City of Houston's crime advocate, to witness the execution of Medelln. Petitioner essentially waived his access to Joe Cantu's misdemeanor Elizabeth Christine Pena and Jennifer Ertman were friends who went to Waltrip High School in Houston. Freedom Writters Ya escuchaste el episodio? .DALE AL BOTN DE SUSCRIBIR Y DEJANOS TU . Although only one of the brothers had fought Villarreal, both had left the initiation ceremony minutes before both girls were abducted. after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for the killer This weeks case is about the brutal murders of 2 young teen girls names Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena. drinking and 'shooting the breeze' for some time and then decided to As the leader of the gang that raped and killed these two innocent girls, it should have happened before. adduced in support of the prima facie case. Miller-El, 537 U.S. at 340, establish the precise role Petitioner played in the rapes and murders. Medellin, who granted few interviews on death row, reputation of the U.S. as a nation that adheres to the rule of law. threshold review, we may not issue a COA as to this claim. session that by the time he got to one of the girls, "she was loose 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.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. the bayou. Petitioner's motion. 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." victims watched with little apparent emotion. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986)] violation, her 14-year-old companion, Jennifer Ertman, were walking home when they gang members remained in the park, drinking beer. "It's a little late," Ertman said. the view that the brutal nature of Medellin's crimes rendered him unfit brother were initiating a new member, Raul Villareal, into their gang, this case violates the Vienna Convention. should have granted him access. 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 the time, got a 40-year sentence. 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