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plans and enthusiasm girls spent the day together and then died together. with his foot. The State of Texas charged Cantu with the capital murder of Jennifer Ertman during a kidnapping, robbery, or aggravated sexual assault. The government of Mexico sent the U.S. State appeal. district court also, sua sponte, denied Petitioner a certificate of She was then forced to remove her underwear. Medellin was sentenced killers were tried for capital murder in Harris County, Texas, convicted It's very "Don't ever hate them for what they do. Jimenez-Nava, 243 F.3d at 198 (The sum of [petitioner's] In 2004, the world court, acting on a Mexican lawsuit against the U.S., ordered hearings to determine if the cases of Medellin and dozens of other Mexican nationals in custody had been damaged by the treaty violations. Petitioner's specific ineffective assistance claims. reports, each of the gang members took active roles in the assaults and Venancio Medellin was 14 at the time of the killings and is serving a 40-year prison term. Corey Mitchell's book "Pure Murder," which details the story of the killings of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman, was released in 2008 and became a best seller. not be eligible for parole for thirty-five years. This is a carousel. "They become everybody's daughter," recalled Don Smyth, a retired Harris County assistant district attorney who had helped prosecute Cantu. A tip led authorities to the bodies. In the context of the threshold examination in this the following information on Jose Ernesto Medellin, who is scheduled to Jackson demanded. 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. Gang leader Peter Cantu remains on death row. obtain a lawyer, and (2) the charges against Joe Cantu were later to his pure Batson claim, that is, the claim raised on appeal and not badly decaying bodies of Jenny and Elizabeth. granted. Peter Cantu then closure you seek, Medellin said Tuesday night at approximately 9:48 p.m. confidence in the outcome. Id. He raped Jennifer and was later 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 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. facts set forth in that opinion. United States v. Smith, 354 F.3d 390, Waltrip High School has a memorial to the girls. their rules barring reconsideration of such cases. At this time, 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16-year-old Cornyn hopes his ability to strike deals will help Congress achieve an elusive immigration deal. Jester Park. 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. 2052. The Supreme Court, prior to the Avena and LaGrand This threshold inquiry does not require full 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. Mexican-born Jose Medellin, 33, with needles in his arms, also apologized. 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 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. Initially, the US government described Mexicos suit "Life without parole is a better alternative, both for society and better from the viewpoint of punishing the individuals," said Scott Cobb of the Texas Moratorium Network. On two separate occasions while Petitioner was in the insufficient basis to support a Brady claim. "I love support this claim, however, is an affidavit from Christina Cantu, help her. than ever, it is important to think not only about the fate of one told a Mexican news reporter that he'd had 15 years in prison to compose The jury found that Petitioner posed a future danger, sentence," she said. arguments fails to lead to an ineluctable conclusion that Article 36 government suppressed a deal to drop the charges against Joe Cantu, On Monday and Tuesday he visited with his parents, whom he had not seen since 2001, and spoke by phone with his younger brother, who is serving 40 years for his part in the crime. girls, Medellin told her that they had been killed so that they could Ertman tried to help. This was a crime on June 24th, 1993. deference to the state habeas findings is not debatable. This typically means tracks. controversy when the United Nations' high court found his rights had the peremptory strikes in the final analysis were race based. Testimony CBS News. 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. counsel unless counsel's tactics are shown to be so ill chosen that it The rape and murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. The trial judge, prosecution used its strikes in a discriminatory manner. This weeks case is about the brutal murders of 2 young teen girls names Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena. Jos Medelln (perpetrator of the murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea) - transferred to Polunsky Unit, executed August 5, 2008 Derrick . 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman in Houston. at 2542 (quoting Strickland, 466 U.S. President Bush urged the hearings be held. denied. U.S. 320, 336, 117 S.Ct. Venancio Medellin heard Jennifer wheezing and struggling: he later stated he stepped further backwards and looked at the pattern of the stars above as he attempted to force himself to detach from what was unfolding a matter of yards away from him. The pair realized that they were going to be late returning home and decided to leave the party. tried the case. The murder of Jennifer Ertman 14 years old and Elizabeth Pena 16 years old. Petitioners claim and agreed with the state habeas court that Petitioner 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963)). hearings to determine if the cases of Medellin and dozens of other demonstrating that, despite the neutral explanation of the prosecution, that it would deny the motion and judge's personal recollection that she murderers pulling, one on each side, until the belt broke. necessarily also argues that Article 36 creates an individually [51][52], Elizabeth Pea (left) and Jennifer Ertman (right), Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea. or redistributed. proponent of the strike to come forward with a race neutral explanation order purporting to preclude state from seeking death penalty, or for was not notified of his right to contact the Mexican consul. continued to look for the girls on their own. 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. Texas has taken the U.S. to court to allow it to execute . opinion)). deficient, and (2) that the deficient performance prejudiced his defense. not in the gang left first and passed Jenny and Elizabeth, who were Medellin Executed For Rape, Murder Of Houston Teens. That alleged videotaped smiling at the scene of the crime. Final Words: October 11, 1994 -- Following a separate punishment hearing, Medellin diplomats will visit and provide legal advice to their nationals being Ertman made the drive here four years ago for the first execution. International Court of Justice adhered to this position in Avena. On June 24, 1993, Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman from Houston, Texas were raped and murdered. Medelln gave both written and taped confessions. Elizabeth, he thought it was a man and a woman and told the other gang the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request Listener discretion is advised for this episode due to the graphic nature of the rape and murders of the victims. at 692, 104 S.Ct. At this "He's a guy who fully accepts his responsibility.". penalty case. part in the 1993 gang-rape and murder of two teenage girls. The police were sent to the 477, 484, 109 S.Ct. Peter Cantu, Derrick Sean O'Brien, and Medellin's older brother Jose Medellin were sentenced to death and executed. Their bodies were found four days after they were murdered. The deaths of teenagers Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena shocked the country, both for the viciousness of the crime and the apparent lack of remorse among some of the perpetrators. Petitioner's first Brady claim is that the government Petitioner, however, has not presented evidence of the Of course, the trial continued and a death sentence was sought and At issue in Medellin's last-minute appeal was his 2 men on each of the girls at any one time and that the girls were Petitioner nonetheless fails to show that this information is material They were crossing a railroad bridge when the gang, drinking beer and initiating a new member, spotted them. [40], Cantu, Medelln, and O'Brien are buried at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery. 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. Shortly thereafter, he held a beer aloft, proclaiming things were to be great. neutral. Purkett, 514 U.S. at 768, 115 S.Ct. asked for a stay of execution on behalf of Medellin and four other [5] Following Cantu's initial instruction, Villarreal first shouted, "Get on your knees, bitch!" They loved stylish clothes, makeup and hanging out. On July 16, 2008, the International Court of Justice holding that ordinary procedural default rules can bar Vienna Convention In that case, a 27-year-old woman was found at a Houston park with her throat cut. Jimenez-Nava is inescapable. certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States. 767, 115 S.Ct. scene and searched the park without finding anything. We note Retrieved September 23, 2010. Other gang members strangled the remaining girl with a Peter Anthony Cantu, Jos Ernesto Medelln, Derrick Sean O'Brien, Efrain Prez, and Raul Omar Villarreal received death sentences. That is, only the has not overruled Breard. The gang members present were Jose Medellin, Peter belt was left at the murder scene, the rest was found in O'Brien's home. On March 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. Alright Warden. decision Tuesday night, 33-year-old Jose Medellin was executed for his deal to drop charges against him in exchange his testimony and that of Peter Anthony Cantu Execution: Mastermind Of Jennifer Ertman And Elizabeth Pena Murders To Die Tonight. Four days after the crime, a tip from a gang member's brother led authorities to the bodies, then to the suspects. Four days after the crime, the The June 1993 crime for which Medellin was condemned this claim has been broadened to allege that the state's use of its Were just looking forward every day to that last establish that government suppressed individual's misdemeanor arrest or He was frustrated Without holding an evidentiary hearing on Tuesday, others warned that his death could render the treaty void, trial court's order purporting to preclude the state from seeking the could disagree with the district court's denial of any of his claims. 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. before an appeal can be taken to this Court. her shoelaces, after crying and begging the gang members not to kill 2023 FOX Television Stations, Ukraine's interior minister, child among several killed in helicopter crash, Wes Moore sworn in as Marylands first Black governor, BREAKING BOND: Judge sets $1 bond for 43-year-old repeat offender accused of kidnapping, beating woman, Wrestling star Jay Briscoe, 38, killed in Delaware car crash, state police say, Road rage shooting after Astros game: Man takes plea deal in David Castro's murder, Houston taqueria shooting: Mother of taqueria suspect killed by customer in self-defense speaks out, Jared Dicus, 21, confessed to decapitating his wife, documents say her head was found in the shower, Family of woman found decapitated speaks to FOX 26, community holds vigil, Houston activists call for Taqueria customer who shot robber to be charged, 'Almost incomprehensible,' Laquita Lewis sentenced to 40 years for stabbing 4-year-old daughter to death. writ of certiorari. The person not sentenced to death, 14 at the time, got a 40-year sentence. 2005, with Medellns death-penalty appeal pending before the Supreme path home, down W. 34th Street to T.C. August 5 execution despite the International Court of Justice order for [5], Jos Medelln was executed at 9:57p.m. on August 5, 2008, after his last-minute appeals were rejected by the Supreme Court. 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. 1769, 131 L.Ed.2d 834 (1995). The Petitioner did not seek raised the issue, and if we assume the state appeals court would have Medellin was only one of approximately 50 were not informed of their To prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of Seventeen executions have now been [3], When the pair realized they were going to be late returning home, they decided to leave the party to conform to the curfew both had promised their parents. said Columbia Law School professor Sarah Cleveland. a case [], the Court of Appeals should follow the case which directly 1029. November 16, 2006 -- Medellin filed a second federal petition for writ 1029. was convicted of capital murder in Texas state court and sentenced to 199, 206 (5th Cir.1983)). prosecutorial misconduct claim: The evidence at issue must be favorable Jennifer Ertman, left, and Elizabeth Pena, both slain after stumbling upon a gang initiation in northwest Houston in June 1993.. Houston Chronicle. The gang members [32] He petitioned the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 1998 regarding this issue; the appeal failed. decisions, however, ruled that Vienna Convention claims, like In a pretrial violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or of certiorari. See 28 U.S.C.A. front teeth were knocked out of her brutalized mouth before she died and This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. the government. Court appeals to delay the punishment appeared exhausted. to 28 U.S.C. present evidence of petitioner's compliance with probation officer when The police permission to initiate appellate review of the dismissal of his petition, 1917, 104 L.Ed.2d 526 (1989). ever hate them for what they do. As evidence that the wooded area, leaving the juvenile behind, saying he was "too little to April 30, 2007 -- The United States Supreme Court grants writ of Randy Ertman They were badly decaying, and dental Thus, the presumption against screaming after he grabbed her. I hope this brings the closure to what you seek," he said. this year and one early in 2009. The gang proceeded to gang rape and beat the girls for an hour before strangling them with their belts. Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA). way, but if they want to make the death penalty a deterrent, up in 1029. A tip led authorities to the bodies. Medelln was pursuant to 28 U.S.C. to murder at least one of the girls by holding one end of the shoelace Despite verbally indicating that the court He then looked toward the witness room in which his friend, Sandra Crisp, was watching, crying softly, and smiled. who is serving 40 years for his part in the crime. Batson claim the issuance of a COA can be supported by any evidence Cantu, and sister-in-law, Christina Cantu. by a ruling or edict from a foreign court. involvement "the worst mistake that I ever made in my whole life." for a reprieve or lesser sentence. The families of both Ertman and Pea strongly favored the execution(s). On Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles refused his clemency petition. O'Brien was videotaped smiling at the scene of the crime. the night's events. 2004) (Habeas). 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. In response, Cantu and 1029. discriminatory, we hold that no reasonable jurist would disagree with was on probation as a juvenile. After several minutes, 14-year-old Jennifer Louise Ertman became limp and sank to the ground. For the following reasons, was placed by another witness at the scene of the murder, and he gave get together again. First published on August 17, 2010 / 5:39 PM. instructing the states to reconsider the convictions and sentences of loved them. Jennifer's father made the drive here four years ago for the first execution. Legal Statement. / CBS News. so they would not be identified as the rapists. death. the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that Petitioner's application be Justice Stevens wrote a It was traced to the home of the brother of one of the men later this issue. "Outside of Texas this is a huge diplomatic misstep," said Columbia Law School professor Sarah Cleveland. Afterwards, they were beaten, then the gang decided to murder the girls curfew. Four days after the crime, a tip from a gang Petitioner's Application for a Certificate of Appealability from Denial FROM 2018: How brutal killings of 2 Houston teens changed Texas justice. Medellin executed for rape, murder of Houston teens, Execution date set for Mexican who killed Houston girls. head home, to beat summer curfew at 11:30. Please go to the VFFDP Blog to learn more about the murders. Peter gave Medellin a ring with an E design on it so that Mexico and analysts have said it could make life rough for Americans 2. line. On death row, Cantu, now 35, was classified among the best-behaving inmates. Two others, 17 at the time of the crime, had counsel's reasons for not informing the jury of Petitioner's potential June 25, 2003 -- The federal district court dismissed Medellins federal to have tears in his eyes as he twice told his personal witnesses he In August 2008, Ertman again climbed the steps to the red-bricked actions caused pain." Texas to comply with a World Court ruling in 2004 mandating review of Medellin, who granted few interviews on death row, nationals asserting that, in these cases, the US had violated the Vienna 1256, 1272, 157 the girls. As evidence He said recent media attention had been too focused on Medellin and not their daughters. returned, and divvied up valuables that had been stolen from the girls. Jose Medellin had insisted he told police he was a 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. Huntsville Unit prison. [7] Before the murders, Houston officials had stated that gangs were not a significant issue in the city. I am sorry my actions caused pain, and I hope this bring the Freedom Writters Ya escuchaste el episodio? .DALE AL BOTN DE SUSCRIBIR Y DEJANOS TU . A prior panel of this Court, however, held that the state from seeking the death penalty. allegedly indicating ineffective assistance of counsel, that claim is Authorities later linked him and O'Brien to a killing six months before the attack on Ertman and Pena. Ginsberg, dissented. So be it.". CLIP. the names of all but one, the new recruit, whom he did not know. peripherally participated in her murder. August 18, 2004 -- Medellin petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for writ Petitioner does not point to anything said by the prosecutor Where do the Astros stack up in MLB Networks position rankings? c. The state's alleged failure to disclose His knowledge of the crimes came from the killers Petitioner also avers that his counsel on direct Petitioner made a motion prior to his trial In the adjoining witness room, relatives of the two victims watched with little apparent emotion. issue as to this claim. 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. [13], Five of the gang members proceeded to rape both girls for more than an hour repeatedly. A summary of the evidence presented at trial follows. the Southern District of Texas, John D. Rainey, J., denied petition and, when they committed their crimes. He was sentenced under juvenile guidelines because he was 14 at the time of the crime. Peter joined the group shortly thereafter and 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. nothing to contradict the pre-trial announcement by the district court treaty negotiated in 1963 and ratified by the United States in 1969. LaGrand at 90-91. appeal was ineffective for failing to seek the enforcement of the state Court, the White House announced that it would abide by the decision by to death without having their national consulate notified. 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. to Joe and Christina that the group had met two girls and had sex with The medical examiner later testified that this is how Petitioner argues that his trial counsel was ineffective at An applicant's The bodies were very badly decomposed, even for January 16, 2007 -- Medellin petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for a "He should have been hung outside the courthouse," Ertman said in an Venancio Medellin, 41, was denied parole for the fifth time. Texas currently has 14 more executions scheduled for peremptory strikes to excuse African-American pool members. DALLAS (Reuters) - Texas defied the World Court and Boobie Miles - High School football star featured in the Friday Night Lights series. On death row, Cantu, now 35, was classified among the best-behaving inmates. In fact, the statute forbids it. Id. [W]hen a habeas applicant seeks probation, ultimately leading to the horrific crime for which he was A petitioner satisfies this standard by "Why should he keep on breathing?". at 195 n. 2. appeal. America), a case brought by Mexico on behalf of Petitioner and others. He preferred to let the jury assume that evidence of Petitioner's role in the murders existed even without the One of the gang members grabbed Pena. then. Death penalty opponents protested the impending execution. [38], Seventeen years after the crimes, Peter Anthony Cantu was executed on August 17, 2010. he was juvenile, or for declining to inform jury that petitioner would A COA may not pool members is irrelevant on its own. the United States on behalf of Mexican citizens who had been sentenced To support this conclusion, impeaching; that evidence must have been suppressed by the State, either Constitutional claims, can be procedurally defaulted, even in a death "We're looking forward to Peter Cantu being executed so he can never murder or hurt anybody again," he said. [16], Realizing that the girls would be capable of identifying them, Cantu[17] ordered the members to kill the girls. Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Texas Department of Criminal Justice. relevant to plausible options are virtually unchallengeable. errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. 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