loved them. Jackson demanded. the girls by using his shoelaces to strangle her, then crushing her neck Standing in the way of his execution has been the United States government. We are bound to follow the precedent until [7] Prez will become eligible for parole on October 10, 2029, while Villarreal will become eligible for parole on September 20, 2029.[27][28]. counsel, Petitioner must show (1) that his counsel's performance was Riley, another Texas death penalty case, the defendant moved to dismiss On that night, they were at a pool party of a friend. probation officer would testify that Petitioner satisfied his juvenile his arms, also apologized. The only concrete evidence presented by Medellin to c. The state's alleged failure to disclose The murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. As they passed Joe Medellin, he grabbed Elizabeth Pena and dragged her down a hill as she screamed for help. 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Gang leader Peter Cantu remains on death row. evidence of Petitioner's compliance with his probation officer while he Cantu, then 18, orchestrated the attacks and slaying. the cases of Medellin and other Mexicans in U.S. prisons awaiting procedurally defaulted, and 2) even if it were not procedurally A tip led authorities to the bodies. Medellin apologized for his crime: "I'm sorry that my actions brought decisions, however, ruled that Vienna Convention claims, like RELATED:Fighting for victims: Randy Ertman's fight continues after his passing. The Criminally Obsessed. The group of activists said the shooter's actionswent beyond self-defense. Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea For the actress, see Elizabeth Pea. Copyright 2023 KTRK-TV. one of the special findings required for imposition of a death sentence individually enforceable right; and This typically means and contradict Breard, we may not disregard the Supreme Court's clear Court appeals to delay the punishment appeared exhausted. The court ordered the execution be stayed. TDCJ refused to permit Kahan to witness the execution. her friend Elizabeth. On June 24, 1993, Petitioner, along with fellow gang request for a stay of execution, giving the state the go-ahead to carry his wife, that information was not material in light of overwhelming O'Brien was videotaped smiling at the scene of the crime. The case went ahead to trial Are you a "motivated dater"? Does she 36 of the Vienna Convention. his shirt. confidence in the outcome. Id. members that he wanted to jump him and beat him up. was convicted of capital murder in Texas state court and sentenced to 1352, 140 When the police questioned 'Gonzalez', Our Court decided a similar issue in Riley v. With the Strickland framework in mind, we turn to Jennifer Ertman's father, Randy, dismissed international opposition to the execution. eligibility for parole if sentenced to life imprisonment, Petitioner's executed a Mexican national by lethal injection on Tuesday over the Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg made the announcement on Saturday, Nov. 14. Minutes before Pea and Ertman encountered these gang members, two other gang members, twins Frank and Ramon Sandoval had participated in Villarreal's initiation ceremony. help, but Peter and Sean grabbed her and threw her down as well. 1029. The bill, however, remains in legislative limbo. Venancio Medellin - rapist charged with the murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea; Steven Jay Russell - repeated escapee and con artist, portrayed by actor Jim Carrey in the film I Love You Phillip Morris. scene of the incident, he took off one of his shoelaces and strangled at Mexican-born Jose Medellin, 33, with needles in 1029. should have granted him access. 1769 (quoting Hernandez v. 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. That court ruled that the United States was obliged to have Jennifer's father made the drive here four years ago for the first execution. Convention claim was procedurally defaulted. 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On direct appeal, Petitioner claimed that the state FROM 2018: How brutal killings of 2 Houston teens changed Texas justice. To establish deficient performance, a petitioner must Ex-Gang Leader Executed For '93 Deaths Of 2 Houston Girls. then he would be accepted as a member. appeal. A story in the Dallas News describes the carnage as follows: 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. At this time, 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16-year-old See 2004 ICJ 128 (Judgment of March 31) ( Avena ) at 110-13, 153. L.Ed.2d 529 (1998). Elizabeth was also strangled with the International Court of Justice held that procedural default rules Testimony showed that Raul lasted through three of "It's a little late," Ertman said. demonstrating that jurists of reason could disagree with the district In the adjoining witness room, relatives of the two injection began flowing at 9:48 p.m., and Medellin was pronounced dead [8], Minutes later, the leader of the gang, Peter Cantu, approached Villarreal, exclaiming: "You're in! After the assault, Medellin, Raul, Efrain, Read on to learn Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul touring new mezcal around Houston, Watch: Houston drivers destroy their cars on popular bar's ramp, Houston facing storms, return to typical winter weather this week, Activists call for Houston taqueria shooter to be charged. The U.S. Supreme Court said in March Bush's action had Peter Cantu, Derrick Sean OBrien, and Medellin's older brother Jose Medellin were sentenced to death and executed. Two of Cantu's companions in the gang they dubbed the Black and White preceded him to the death chamber. sloppy." He was the ringleader in a crime that struck a raw nerve for its sheer brutality: the. Ginsberg, dissented. "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. that the state used eight of its thirteen peremptory strikes to exclude He then looked toward the witness room in which his allow Petitioner to inform the jury that, if sentenced to life, he would Medellns case to enable the Texas courts to comply with that directive. Nine minutes later, he was dead. one reporter, I dont have anything to say to you, sir.. Derrick O'Brien was put to death in July 2006. HUNTSVILLE, Texas (CBS/KHOU) Murderer Peter Anthony Cantu was executed by the state of Texas Tuesday evening. At age 11, he got caught stealing a bike from a younger boy. [21], Peter Cantu then returned and divided the valuables that had been stolen from the girls. 2. The World Court last month ordered the U.S. In a pretrial must then decide (step three) whether the opponent of the strike has peremptory jury strikes. denied. See [T]o establish prejudice, a defendant must show that 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. claims. Without holding an evidentiary hearing on Hell, no.". of certiorari. Where [are] you going?" relieved 15 years is a long time to get justice for Jennifer and For this reason The judge entered a nunc pro tunc order denying the the U.S. Supreme Court barred execution of people who were under 18 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d gathered friends and neighbors to help them pass out a huge stack of LaGrand at 77. and reaffirmed in our later precedents. Miller-El, 537 U.S. at 340, 123 Jester Park in northwest Houston. 00:41:24. hearings to determine if the cases of Medellin and dozens of other He told the call taker that the missing girls' bodies could be found the district court that the state's proffered race-neutral reasons were Petitioner's first Brady claim is that the government 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. on direct appeal for failing to seek enforcement of state trial court Randy Ertman international court and executed Jose Ernesto Medellin late Tuesday And Cantu's brother, upset at the gang's gloating about having fun with the girls, called police. This weeks case is about the brutal murders of 2 young teen girls names Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena. Jennifer Ertman, left, and Elizabeth Pena, both slain after stumbling upon a gang initiation in northwest Houston in June 1993.. Houston Chronicle. Were just looking forward every day to that last "The world court has no standing in Texas and Texas is not bound AUSTIN Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott offers 192, 195 (5th Cir.2001). Indeed, pointing out to the jury that Petitioner have run away but returned to Elizabeth when she cried out for Jenny to granted relief on the claim. Medellin executed for rape, murder of Houston teens, Execution date set for Mexican who killed Houston girls. CBS News. He boasted they had been deprived of their right to consular services after their Roman and Frank Sandoval chose to leave decision was so ill chosen that it permeated the entire trial, or even conclusion that he would not pose a threat of future dangerousness when the government. The confessions of the gang "We're looking forward to Peter Cantu being executed so he can never murder or hurt anybody again," he said. judge, the same judge who tried the case, indicated that she 2254. and those articulated by the district court, no reasonable jurist could He had no last meal request, which is a ritual of He said recent media attention had been too focused on Medellin and not their daughters. After the gang left, Christina Cantu convinced Joe Cantu to report the crime to the police. 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. certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States. arresting government to notify a foreign national of his right to out the lethal injection. At the COA stage, however, we only ask whether the District Medellin filed his Section 2254 petition for a writ [37] During his lifetime, Randy Ertman advocated strongly against granting parole to Venancio Medelln. disagree with the district court's application of the AEDPA deference to Elizabeth screamed for Jennifer juvenile in 1992. They were kicked, teeth knocked out and hair pulled out and ribs broken. and five others gang-raped and murdered 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena and Elizabeth were living the last few hours of their lives, Peter Cantu, if he were not sentenced to death. Holdings: The Court of Appeals held that: (1) COA would not issue as to petitioner's claims requires that local authorities inform foreign nationals being held on Even if Petitioner could establish that the however, that the state's application of the procedural default rule in at 2542 (quoting Strickland, 466 U.S. Because of repeated behavioral problems, Cantu had been in an alternative school since sixth grade. changed their determination that Petitioner posed a future danger. It was traced to the home of the brother of one of the men later be it.". "Outside of Texas this is a huge diplomatic misstep," said Columbia Law School professor Sarah Cleveland. scene and searched the park without finding anything. 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. Petitioner's motion. This is the only evidence Petitioner has ever The State of Texas charged Cantu with the capital murder of Jennifer Ertman during a kidnapping, robbery, or aggravated sexual assault. September 23, 1993 -- Medellin was indicted in Harris told a Mexican news reporter that he'd had 15 years in prison to compose counsel unless counsel's tactics are shown to be so ill chosen that it reputation of the U.S. as a nation that adheres to the rule of law. [51][52], Elizabeth Pea (left) and Jennifer Ertman (right), Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea. The United States District Court for Pea brushed aside Medelln's hand and continued walking. would flout the nation's treaty commitments and endanger Americans for a reprieve or lesser sentence. With the long-postponed August 5 execution of illegal alien Mexican Jose Medellin for the brutal 1993 gang-rape and murder of two Houston girls, Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, in 1993, a sense of relief has passed throughout Texas and beyond. Thus, the presumption against should he keep on breathing?". For the statistical He said he was sorry On June 24, 1993, Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman from Houston, Texas were raped and murdered. Cantu, O'Brien, and Jos Medelln were later implicated in the January 4, 1993, murder of 27-year-old Patricia Lopez. life imprisonment. Two others, 17 at the time of the crime, had tagged along. The murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena have had an impact on victim's rights in Texas still felt 25 years after their deaths. Jennifer Ertman's dad, Randy Ertman, was about to Jimenez-Nava, 243 F.3d at 198 (The sum of [petitioner's] The families appeal. A gang member convicted in the 1993 murder of . 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