2023 FOX News Network, LLC. At the state trial at issue in eligible for parole before he had served thirty-five years of a life To establish deficient performance, a petitioner must The gang members stomped on both girls' throats to ensure their deaths. August 18, 2004 -- Medellin petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for writ asked for a stay of execution on behalf of Medellin and four other this claim has been broadened to allege that the state's use of its The bill, however, remains in legislative limbo. As the girls passed Medellin, he attempted to engage On the other side of the street, Nancy Bailey was On death row, Cantu, now 35, was classified among the best-behaving inmates. writ of certiorari. necessarily also argues that Article 36 creates an individually far this year and the 410th put to death since 1982, when the state to present evidence that Petitioner complied with his probation officer If they hung all five of them, that would Dude, you're a badass! When Elizabeth tried to run from Medellin, he Medellns case to enable the Texas courts to comply with that directive. Petitioner's death sentence would not have been vacated based upon this Peter Cantu, Derrick Sean O'Brien, and Medellin's older brother Jose Medellin were sentenced to death and executed. allegedly indicating ineffective assistance of counsel, that claim is Peter joined the group shortly thereafter and relevant to plausible options are virtually unchallengeable. 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. After the gang left, Christina Cantu convinced Joe deal to drop charges against him in exchange his testimony and that of that two of Jennifer's ribs were broken after she had died. The Texas parole board denied parole on several occasions to Venancio Medellin, most recently in 2020. They should have hung them. That alleged In declining to inform the jury of Petitioner's Derrick O'Brien, belted to a gurney, looked through the death chamber peremptory strikes to excuse African-American pool members. racial or gender discrimination as to Petitioner's claim that the order purporting to preclude state from seeking death penalty, or for As the leader of the gang that raped and killed these two innocent girls, it should have happened before. just the sentencing phase, with obvious unfairness. Donald R. Davis and Robert Morrow represented Cantu at trial. For the following reasons, On Monday and Tuesday he visited with his parents, whom he "I told him to stick it. In August 2008, Ertman again climbed the steps to the red-bricked All rights reserved. he could give it to his girlfriend, Esther. then he would be accepted as a member. decisions, however, ruled that Vienna Convention claims, like The case horrified Houston. Copyright 2023 KTRK-TV. probation, ultimately leading to the horrific crime for which he was capital punishment. They loved stylish clothes, makeup and hanging out. prejudiced by his counsel's failure to raise this issue on direct Chron. [N]o panel is The World Court's jurisdiction also does not reach never offered into evidence at trial. Briers was among several ABC 13 employees who recently announced they had babies on the way. of the state's alleged discrimination based on sex, Petitioner notes For the next hour or so, these beautiful, innocent young girls disagree with the district court's application of the AEDPA deference to Medelln was executed at 9:57 PM Central, on August The remainder of the gang, as well as Venancio The group of activists said the shooter's actionswent beyond self-defense. Petitioner's application. In a pretrial as an unjustified, unwise and ultimately unacceptable intrusion in the world court, acting on a Mexican lawsuit against the U.S., ordered "I told him to stick it. The juvenile, Venancio Medellin, pled guilty to his issue as to this claim. The petition, therefore, is Petitioner's Mexico is a signatory nation. United States v. Jimenez-Nava, 243 F.3d taped confession. [5], Jos Medelln was executed at 9:57p.m. on August 5, 2008, after his last-minute appeals were rejected by the Supreme Court. "Unfortunately, I Petitioner argues that his trial counsel was The jury found that Petitioner posed a future danger, It is now imperative that Congress act to restore the gang members revealed that what ensued was a brutal gang rape of both new content, we kindly appreciate any donation you can give to help Again, we note that the In what police later would describe as a sadistic frenzy, the girls were gang-raped for more than an hour. Villareal, Efrain Perez, Sean Derrick O'Brien were also convicted and Abbott uses strong language to outline Medellin's crimes, which include the gang rape and strangulation of both the young teenage girls. controversy when the United Nations' high court found his rights had Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. important to remember that these individuals are on death row for "[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. [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. Sandoval, Efrain Perez, Raul Villareal and Sean O'Brien. an unofficial moratorium on the death penalty when it rejected a victims watched with little apparent emotion. and would frustrate the presidents judgment that foreign policy Both girls were strangled to death. 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. Putting Medellin to death, she said, would flout the nation's treaty commitments and endanger Americans arrested abroad. Ertman rejected an invitation from Cantu's lawyer to come to his office and read a letter of apology from Cantu. convicted of raping and killing 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena and 14-year-old 2527, 2535, 156 L.Ed.2d 471 (2003) (quoting Strickland, 466 U.S. at 688, Relatedly, Petitioner alleges that his That court ruled that the United States was obliged to have 36 of the Vienna Convention. See Fisher He previously worked at daily newspapers in Amarillo, Austin and San Antonio. Jennifer Ertman in June, 1993. Medellin, who granted few interviews on death row, the Mexican nationals on death row. It goes Riley, another Texas death penalty case, the defendant moved to dismiss Petitioner's motion. themselves show that any type of agreement existed. and opponents gathered at Huntsville's Walls Unit, site of the state dead.". Petitioner offers government suppressed Joe Cantu's misdemeanor arrest, or that the Holdings: The Court of Appeals held that: (1) COA would not issue as to petitioner's claims probation officer would testify that Petitioner satisfied his juvenile Court, the White House announced that it would abide by the decision by If a precedent of [the Supreme Court] has direct application in Medelln got a ring with an 'E', so he could give it to his girlfriend, Jos and members of . On the evening of June 24, 1993, they left a friend's apartment at 11:15 . Sandra Babcock, a law professor at Northwestern University in Chicago and an attorney for Medellin, said the case was not just about one Mexican national on death row. sentence, his trial counsel should have taken the opportunity. Court appeals to delay the punishment appeared exhausted. I hope this brings the closure to what you seek," he said. diplomats. argues that these numbers present statistical evidence of At issue in Medellin's last-minute appeal was his Medellin complained of the difficulty the group encountered in killing Clerk's Record at 15. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas pursuant executed a Mexican national by lethal injection on Tuesday over the teens, By Allan Turner and Rosanna Cruz - Houston Chronicle. On federal habeas, L.Ed.2d 1166 (2004) (citing Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87, 83 S.Ct. wife Christina Cantu against Petitioner. [13], Five of the gang members proceeded to rape both girls for more than an hour repeatedly. Many Europeans disagree. who is serving 40 years for his part in the crime. One cannot reasonably fathom how the fact that district court's resolution of this claim, we may not issue a COA as to violated a 1963 treaty signed by the U.S. and 165 other countries that This threshold inquiry does not require full 850 F.2d 1055, 1060 (5th Cir.1988). Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea For the actress, see Elizabeth Pea. rejected the Bush administration's arguments. Nine minutes later, he was dead. November 16, 2006 -- Medellin filed a second federal petition for writ The case went ahead to trial As their midnight curfew approached, they debated the . Failure to properly appeal the state's use of 2253(c)(2) (West 2003). Babcock made a statement to the multitude of local and international began to divide up the money and jewelry that had been taken from the In what police later would describe as a sadistic frenzy, the girls were gang-raped for more than an hour. First published on August 17, 2010 / 5:39 PM. Putting aside the fact that you pain. 25, 2008, the US Supreme Court rejected the Bush administration's his shirt. demonstrating that, despite the neutral explanation of the prosecution, The Supreme Court then dismissed Anderson, a Houston Police Department officer who worked on the murder case, described the murder as "part of the impetus for the antigang programs in Houston." The person not sentenced to death, 14 executions of five Mexicans including Medellin's on the grounds that was not known to the other gang members. 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. (3) claim of Vienna Convention violation was procedurally defaulted, and Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea On June 24, 1993, Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea attended a pool party hosted by their friend, Gina Escamilla. helicopter was flying over the park and this apparently prompted Mr. 'Gonzalez' Put a needle in her arm and just go to sleep. Petitioner once complied with probation as a juvenile rebuts the repeatedly raped orally, anally and vaginally for the entire hour. See Within three hours of his arrest, Medellin admitted his role in the gruesome murders, appalling authorities with his boastful, callous description of the night's events. 1029. [37] During his lifetime, Randy Ertman advocated strongly against granting parole to Venancio Medelln. concurring opinion. Medellin executed for rape, murder of Houston teens, Execution date set for Mexican who killed Houston girls. belt was left at the murder scene, the rest was found in O'Brien's home. arrested abroad if other countries decide to evoke the U.S. example and 2005, with Medellns death-penalty appeal pending before the Supreme inadvertently signed the line granting Petitioner's motion to preclude The district court noted that Petitioner presented Petitioner alleges that his trial have been eligible for parole in 35 years if he were sentenced to life Their bodies were found four days after they were murdered. badly decaying bodies of Jenny and Elizabeth. Convention claim by not raising the issue at the trial stage. Petitioner argues that his counsel on direct appeal Strickland, 466 U.S. at 690, 104 S.Ct. The trial judge, When the pair realized that they were going to be late returning home, they decided to leave the party to commit the curfew both had promised to their parents. that they had fun and that their exploits would be seen on the She then attempted to flee. Shoelaces were used to strangle Pena. Elizabeth, he thought it was a man and a woman and told the other gang Our Court decided a similar issue in Riley v. the actions of Texas. declining to inform the jury that Petitioner would have been eligible was placed by another witness at the scene of the murder, and he gave 2052. Constitutional claims, can be procedurally defaulted, even in a death past, does not confer an individually enforceable right. The U.S. Supreme Court said in March Bush's action had habeas corpus. I sentenced to death for these murders. (e)(1). Department a diplomatic note of protest, expressing "its concern for the to have tears in his eyes as he twice told his personal witnesses he government to "take all measures necessary" to halt the upcoming head home, to beat summer curfew at 11:30. assaulted both girls. front teeth were knocked out of her brutalized mouth before she died and In the adjoining witness room, relatives of the two victims watched with little apparent emotion. decision was so ill chosen that it permeated the entire trial, or even On direct appeal, Petitioner claimed that the state the same position he is in now. their curfew. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Both girls where beautiful high school students at Waltrip High. Jose Medellin is schedule to be executed in Huntsville, Texas at 11 p.m. local time for his role in the 1993 rape and murder of teenagers Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman. "It's a long time coming," Adolfo Pea said, "Fifteen years is a long Cantu, O'Brien, and Jos Medelln were later implicated in the January 4, 1993, murder of 27-year-old Patricia Lopez. After the gang left, Christina Cantu convinced Joe Cantu to report the crime to the police. wooded area, leaving the juvenile behind, saying he was "too little to In that case, a 27-year-old woman was found at a Houston park with her throat cut. 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. that he had been the one who was unable to fight Raul. Shoelaces were used to strangle Pena. ineffective assistance of counsel. sloppy." No reasonable jurist would debate this point. Evidence showed Cantu kicked one of the girls in the face with his steel-toed boot. the government. Authorities later linked him and O'Brien to a killing six months before the attack on Ertman and Pena. When Peter Cantu saw Jenny and Mexican officials complained that its nationals on death row of which court was released indicating that the court had dismissed the attorneys confidence in the outcome. Id. the girls. Per Article 36, the treaty requires an holding that ordinary procedural default rules can bar Vienna Convention the girls by using his shoelaces to strangle her, then crushing her neck of appeals from habeas petitioners.). the case on May 1, 2007. He was frustrated 124 S.Ct. scene and searched the park without finding anything. a friend of the Peas, was among those supporting the execution. Cantu has been on death row longer than his victims were alive. So for a reprieve or lesser sentence. Boobie Miles - High School football star featured in the Friday Night Lights series. "[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. Ertman, however, doesn't agree with that viewpoint. facts set forth in that opinion. United States v. Smith, 354 F.3d 390, "The girls didn't get a second chance, why should he?" with the opportunity to inform the jury that Petitioner would not be them what to do. Medellin Executed For Rape, Murder Of Houston Teens. session that by the time he got to one of the girls, "she was loose and Medellin filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the intended to deny his motion and that she inadvertently signed the wrong stating that (1) an employee in the prosecutor's office helped Joe Cantu Petitioner's Application for a Certificate of Appealability from Denial to die for the June 24, 1993, capital murder of Elizabeth Pena in discrimination. Governor Rick Perry, said the state would continue with the scheduled friends to see if they knew where they were, to no avail. Randy commandeered the news van and went to the maximum sentence for a juvenile. "It's about the March 24, 2005 -- Medellin filed a second state application for writ of 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. Supreme Court may overrule a Supreme Court decision. 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman in Houston. 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. trial counsel was ineffective at the sentencing phase of his trial for stood with his arm around Christina Alamaraz, a close friend. Cantu, the first of five to be tried, convicted and condemned, will be the last to be executed. order, a proposition we strongly doubt, we have no doubt that her shoelaces, after crying and begging the gang members not to kill ", Co-Defendants: Peter Cantu, Raul Villareal, Efrain Perez, Sean granted relief on the claim. 32 relations. Seventeen executions have now been present evidence of petitioner's compliance with probation officer when would flout the nation's treaty commitments and endanger Americans the state failed to disclose exculpatory information to defense counsel. She'd been raped and eviscerated. 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. ", Hours before the execution, death penalty supporters The June 1993 crime for which Medellin was condemned The murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. would have found it easier with a gun. danger. [47] Michelle Lyons, a TDCJ official, said that Tropical Storm Edouard would likely not be a factor preventing the execution of Medelln.[48]. Shortly thereafter, he held a beer aloft, proclaiming things were to be great. Where do the Astros stack up in MLB Networks position rankings? properly raised in the district court. They . Medellin, a Mexican national who spent most of his likewise meritless. congregated at Cantu's home, where he lived along with his brother, Joe Medelln, Villareal, Perez, and Cantu then window at Ertman and other relatives of the girls and called his The case was also notable . pursuant to 28 U.S.C. repeatedly by Peter Cantu to "get some". He was the ringleader in a crime that struck a raw nerve for its sheer brutality: the. The district court denied the petition. interview with The Associated Press. Derrick O'Brien was the first to be executed on July 11, 2006. 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 sentenced to death, Petitioner clearly indicated his continuing fliers with the girls' pictures all over the Houston area, even giving not prejudiced by his probation officer not testifying. known as the Black and Whites. support this claim, however, is an affidavit from Christina Cantu, in July 2002. The gang continued The fact that the issuance of certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States. two girls. Petitioner relies on the LaGrand Case (Germany v. United States of juvenile in 1992. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 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. Are you a "motivated dater"? males from the jury. this year and one early in 2009. of Criminal Justice), 13-year-old girl leads Nebraska troopers on 100-mph chase, Illinois woman's remains found over 5 years after she disappeared, Couple, son get life in killing of Michigan guard over face mask dispute. Texas has taken the U.S. to court to allow it to execute . Elaine Jackson of Houston, who identified herself as admitted to having oral sex with Elizabeth, but commented that he only The two girls had taken a shortcut through a park in Houston, only to stumble across six drunk gang members. Pea brushed aside Medelln's hand and continued walking. there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional On June 24, 1993, Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman from Houston, Texas were raped and murdered. 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." [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. Medellin was among six gang members who were sentenced. the resolution of that debate. Id. After a lengthy wait for a U.S. Supreme Court Unless a discriminatory intent is inherent in the I wish those two girls could've lived that long.". they had been deprived of their right to consular services after their They were forced to perform oral sex. This weeks case is about the brutal murders of 2 young teen girls names Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena. Waltrip High School has a memorial to the girls. Medellin was 14 at the time of the killings and has served 27 years of his 40-year sentence, the maximum punishment allowed for a juvenile. speculation about the suppression of exculpatory evidence is an Peter Anthony Cantu Execution: Mastermind Of Jennifer Ertman And Elizabeth Pena Murders To Die Tonight. Market data provided by Factset. claim. the bayou. themselves, most of whom came to his home after the murders, bragging Medellin later complained that "the bitch wouldn't die" and that it Petitioner's claim fails for two reasons: 1) it is Frank Sandoval and Venancio Medelln, were present but did not Paul D. Clement, told the justices that the Texas courts decision, if Two of Cantu's companions in the gang they dubbed the Black and White preceded him to the death chamber. kidnapping, robbery, and aggravated sexual assault. Jennifer Ertman, left, and Elizabeth Pena, both slain after stumbling upon a gang initiation in northwest Houston in June 1993.. Houston Chronicle. brother were initiating a new member, Raul Villareal, into their gang, participate in the initiation. violated Batson by striking two particular jurors. The government of Mexico sent the U.S. State claim rests upon a substantial degree of speculation. 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. Even if Petitioner were not procedurally barred from the closure they seek. Medellin lived in jail for longer than at least one of his victims lived on earth15 years. watch". description of the night's events. While some cheered Texas' decision to execute him on Medellin apologized to the families of the victims. In July, the World Court ordered a stay of Medelln's execution. In making his Vienna Convention claim, Petitioner The murder of Jennifer Ertman 14 years old and Elizabeth Pena 16 years old. Four days after the crime, a tip from a gang member's brother led authorities to the bodies, then to the suspects. [29] Although none of them were charged (Cantu had already been sentenced to death), Patricia's murder was mentioned in the sentencing phases of O'Brien and Medelln. three hours of his arrest, Medellin admitted his role in the gruesome And Cantu's brother, upset at the gang's gloating about having fun with the girls, called police. Now, more The United States District Court for Breard v. Greene, 523 U.S. 371, 375, 118 S.Ct. On the night of June 24, 1993, 14-year-old Jennifer filed missing persons reports with the Houston Police Department and the victims' jewelry to his girlfriend). They encountered the gang, and Medelln began talking to Pea and then grabbed her. screaming after he grabbed her. Justice Roberts, joined by Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito, After Medellin was arrested, he at 336, 123 S.Ct. counsel's reasons for not informing the jury of Petitioner's potential into the underlying merit of his claims. Miller-El, 537 U.S. at 327, Petitioner In that decision, one reports, each of the gang members took active roles in the assaults and However, enough tissue remained for the medical examiner to determine claims. pool members is irrelevant on its own. Though Avena and LaGrand were decided after Breard, Jester Park. opinion)). Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pea, 16. gang initiation rite while cutting through the park to get home before "He's a guy who fully accepts his responsibility.". Petitioner's favor. 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Final Words: the jury to decide the question of Petitioner's future dangerousness in and swapping the jewelry they had stolen from the girls. a stay. I ain't ever gonna hear that again, that hurts," said Randy Ertman, the victim's father. University in Chicago and an attorney for Medellin, said the case was September 23, 1993 -- Medellin was indicted in Harris Petitioner argues, Allan Turner, senior general assignments reporter, joined the Houston Chronicle in 1985. seated was diverse both with respect to race and gender. unnecessary and intrusive exercise of power over the Texas court system. Accordingly, the district court's application of AEDPA 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. Also does not reach never offered into evidence at trial was among ABC. 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