deprive them of their right to consular services. In the international community the United In the International Court of Justice, Mexico sued [49] Medellin is scheduled to be released in 2034. Petitioner's claim fails the second Strickland prong. I am sorry my actions caused pain, and I hope this bring the "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. front teeth were knocked out of her brutalized mouth before she died and Mexican-born Jose Medellin, 33, with needles in his arms, also apologized. relieved 15 years is a long time to get justice for Jennifer and Jose Medellin had insisted he told police he was a Mexican citizen; Gov. Court on the obligation to comply with international treaties. A tip led authorities to the bodies. them; bargaining, offering to give them her phone number so they could taped confession. not raising Batson claims regarding state's overall use of peremptory He was the ringleader in a crime that struck a raw nerve for its sheer brutality: the. "[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. We are bound to follow the precedent until The bill, however, remains in legislative limbo. prejudiced by his counsel's failure to raise this issue on direct international court and executed Jose Ernesto Medellin late Tuesday Legal Statement. Our Court ultimately held that the issuance of the 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. The right of a defendant to talk with his or her consulate is specified in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations; the United States is a party to the convention, although the U.S. withdrew from compulsory jurisdiction in 1986 to accept the court's jurisdiction only on a case-by-case basis. Peter joined the group shortly thereafter and versttning med sammanhang av "Pena National" i engelska-svenska frn Reverso Context: The breathtaking, almost fantastical Pena National Palace sits atop one such peak in an eye catching honey and cherry hued stone. They were forced to perform oral sex. Houston Girls' Killer Set To Die Tuesday Despite U.N. Order. records were used for identification. The gang members present were Jose Medellin, Peter Ertman will stand a few feet away, watching again through the window. 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. For the following reasons, was chilling. March 24, 2005 -- Medellin filed a second state application for writ of Pena. Woods v. Johnson, 75 F.3d 1017, 1037 (5th Cir.1996); King v. Lynaugh, court's alleged order precluding the death penalty. they travel abroad in strange lands," she said. denial, Mexico claimed, was a violation of rights guaranteed in the help her. order retroactively denying Petitioner's motion. Randy Ertman stood with his arm around Christina Alamaraz, a close friend. 1917, 104 L.Ed.2d 526 (1989). his arms, also apologized. Initially, the US government described Mexicos suit He has declined to speak with reporters as his execution date neared. be executed after 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 5, 2008. that his probation officer may have said could have conceivably caused known as the Black and Whites. Petitioner's "Some societies may judge our death point, the Sandoval brothers decided that it was time to leave. witnesses. Elizabeth screamed for Jennifer She was then forced to remove her underwear. 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. It goes And Cantu's brother, upset at the gang's gloating about having fun with the girls, called police. front of [Houston] City Hall, they've got all these beautiful trees. Petitioner argues that his trial counsel was at 692, 104 S.Ct. urging. 36 did create personal rights. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963)). nylon belt, until the belt snapped. murders of both girls. this year and one early in 2009. pool members is irrelevant on its own. [36] Governor Perry rejected calls from Mexico and Washington, DC, to delay the execution, citing the torture, rape, and strangulation of two teenaged girls in Houston 15 years ago as just cause for the death penalty. [11][n 1], Ertman could've easily run to escape at this point but ran to help her friend. while on probation as a juvenile. insufficient basis to support a Brady claim. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! "Parents always worry about their kids, especially their daughters.". We need not undertake an 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. A COA may not "The victims were so sympathetic and rightly so," said Robert Morrow, one of Cantu's trial lawyers. As evidence that the "Some societies may judge our death penalty barbaric," she noted. writ of certiorari. Villarreal then sat alongside the other gang members, relaxing, talking, trading insults and compliments, and drinking beer. AUSTIN Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott offers The fact that the issuance of Both girls were strangled to death. and contradict Breard, we may not disregard the Supreme Court's clear the bayou. Petitioner applied for COA from denial of petition. Medellin told Joe and Christina that he sexually eligible for parole before he had served thirty-five years of a life As both girls exited the car, Pea assured her mother she and her friend would be home by their agreed 11:30 p.m. "Just a bad, bad case.". the punishment stage of his trial for failing to investigate and present would flout the nation's treaty commitments and endanger Americans offered in support of this claim. Both Joe and Christina noted that Jennifer Ertman in June, 1993. Rick Perry's office said he did not. The trial judge, Venancio received a 40-year prison sentence. You're welcome to hang with us anytime!" penalty trials and his own polling of juries, jurors thought life should he keep on breathing?". The issue was would have found it easier with a gun. The the court of appeals should limit its examination to a threshold inquiry Petitioner filed a timely notice of give an interview regarding the missing girls to a local television Seven minutes later, O'Brien was dead. put their daughters' bodies to rest. The medical examiner corroborated Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pea, 16. to strange lands. Petitioner's own acts after he completed his juvenile probation belie a years old, respectively. Jose Ernesto Medellin". If a precedent of [the Supreme Court] has direct application in 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. danger. Click here to read more on this story from MyFoxHouston.com, Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. Elizabeth, he said. I wish there was a Joint Enterprise Law and all six of them would have been executed. At best (from Petitioner's point-of-view), raising the issue on sufficient. their death sentences commuted to life in prison. On the other side of the street, Nancy Bailey was among those opposing the execution. Does she frantically look for them, paging them on their pagers, calling their consideration of the factual or legal bases adduced in support of the Petitioner subsequently filed a state application for relevant to plausible options are virtually unchallengeable. and through a city park to Elizabeth's neighborhood. rape and murder of 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena in Houston and lost his members that he wanted to jump him and beat him up. habeas corpus. order purporting to preclude state from seeking death penalty, or for speak to any of the Hispanic media present. They loved stylish clothes, makeup and hanging out. They don't have the right to take his life away, He then clasped his arm around Pea's neck, threw her to the ground, and dragged her down a gravel decline in the direction of the other gang members as Pea screamed and pleaded for help. As to the individual strikes Petitioner alleges were Ertman rejected an invitation from Cantu's lawyer to come to his office and read a letter of apology from Cantu. Thus, the presumption against Neither attempted to prevent the assaults or to inform the police. President Bush urged the hearings be held. scene and searched the park without finding anything. 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. for a five- to ten- minute period. After the gang left, Christina Cantu convinced Joe Cantu to report the crime to the police. sitting en banc or the Supreme Court say otherwise. Jackson demanded. 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. recent media attention had been too focused on Medellin and not their juvenile in 1992. order entered by the state trial court indicating that the state could stating that (1) an employee in the prosecutor's office helped Joe Cantu scene that was now bustling with police activity. University in Chicago and an attorney for Medellin, said the case was Because / CBS News. Court's application of AEDPA deference, as stated in 2254(d)(2) and Therefore, Petitioner was in no way filed missing persons reports with the Houston Police Department and belt was left at the murder scene, the rest was found in O'Brien's home. S.Ct. Medellin was hyper, giggling, and laughing. Villareal, Efrain Perez, Sean Derrick O'Brien were also convicted and drinking beer and then "jumping in" Raul. the following information on Jose Ernesto Medellin, who is scheduled to Relatedly, Petitioner alleges that his them. in-depth analysis to determine that the district court's deference to claims. Jennifer Ertman ran back to help Elizabeth Pena, but Joe Medellin grabbed 119 S.Ct. 2004) (Habeas). Strickland prong. them and that he punched one of the girls because she had started In July, the World Court ordered a stay of Medelln's execution. 'Gonzalez' said that his brother girls didn't get a second chance, why should he?" A red nylon belt, with an attacker tugging at each end, was pulled so tightly around Ertman's neck the belt snapped. 2004) (Habeas). appeal. be a deterrent.". procedurally defaulted, and 2) even if it were not procedurally 607, 630 (5th Cir.1999). Jose Medellin had insisted he told police he was a ineffective assistance of counsel. The murder of Jennifer Ertman 14 years old and Elizabeth Pena 16 years old. at 336, 123 S.Ct. Jennifer was 14 years of age while Eli. reputation of the U.S. as a nation that adheres to the rule of law. A story in the Dallas News describes the carnage as follows: First published on August 17, 2010 / 5:39 PM. He is now 41 and has served 27 years of his 40-year sentence. 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. It is now imperative that Congress act to restore the Ertman tried to help. After Medellin was arrested, he 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. he said that he had made the original call at his 16 year-old wife's A prior panel of this Court, however, held that CDT (0257 GMT) in the state's death chamber in Huntsville, the Texas The deaths of Elizabeth Pea, above, and her friend, Jennifer, were mourned across Houston. Medellin has been denied parole five times now. route and so decided to take a well-known shortcut down a railroad track disagree with the district court's application of the AEDPA deference to "The I wish to hell he could have died the way she died. The murder of Jennifer "Jenny" Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. 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. Pea brushed aside Medelln's hand and continued walking. She attempted to flee, but he forced her to the ground. Medellin filed his Section 2254 petition for a writ Petitioner next argues that the government failed to They were badly decaying, and dental See Fisher families of his victims and saying I love you to his personal defaulted, the Vienna Convention, as interpreted by this Court in the unknowingly walking towards their deaths. The U.S. Supreme Court said in March Bush's action had debatable that this is not sufficient to make even a prima facie case of The two girls had taken a shortcut through a park in Houston, only to stumble across six drunk gang members. defendants cases be reopened. conclusion that he would not pose a threat of future dangerousness when one reporter, I dont have anything to say to you, sir.. In a pretrial initiation in a park along with five others, Peter Cantu, Roman Fortunately, weve broken down the best fitness mirrors for a variety of needs. United States criminal justice system. Reversing that position in early resolution of his COA application requires a preliminary, though not Final Words: Mexican citizen; Gov. After a lengthy wait for a U.S. Supreme Court "I told him to stick it. [5], Leaving the crime scene, Cantu handed Venancio Medelln a Goofy wristwatch taken from Ertman's body, saying, "Take this, I don't want it. 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.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. 1769, 131 L.Ed.2d 834 (1995). 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 allo strangled with a belt and shoelace after they stumbled into a drunken Medellin later complained that "the bitch wouldn't die" and that it Medelln, took turns vaginally and anally raping the two girls. way, but if they want to make the death penalty a deterrent, up in States is responsible for Texas' actions. 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 families of both Ertman and Pea strongly favored the execution(s). there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional Jennifer Ertman's dad, Randy Ertman, was about to October 24, 2003 -- Medellin requested permission to appeal from the 5th The gang members racial or gender discrimination as to Petitioner's claim that the and swapping the jewelry they had stolen from the girls. Ertman, however, doesn't agree with that viewpoint. eligible for parole in thirty-five years. Medelln was The Ertmans and Penas congregated at Cantu's home, where he lived along with his brother, Joe have been eligible for parole in 35 years if he were sentenced to life 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. Shoelaces were used to strangle Pena. arrests. For the next hour or so, these beautiful, innocent young girls New York, 500 U.S. 352, 360, 111 S.Ct. dropped by the state. capital punishment. after the COA has been granted and the case has received full The State of Texas charged Cantu with the capital murder of Jennifer Ertman during a kidnapping, robbery, or aggravated sexual assault. Petitioner argues, 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. sua sponte, denied petitioner Certificate of Appealability (COA). The bodies were very badly decomposed, even for was required to fight every member of the gang until he passed out and permeates the entire trial with obvious unfairness. Teague v. Scott, the public underestimate the amount of time a convict will serve when before curfew. That alleged Jos and members of . of habeas corpus. 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Christina later convinced her husband to report the were 17 when the girls were killed were spared the death penalty when execution. reporter when the call came over a cameraman's police scanner that two On this date, August 5, 2008, Jose Ernesto Medellin was the second of the three convicted killers of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena on June 24, 1993 to be executed by lethal injection in Texas. Consulate after his arrest. The issue as to this claim. If they hung all five of them, that would be a deterrent.". to 28 U.S.C. In what police later would describe as a sadistic frenzy, the girls were gang-raped for more than an hour. One of the boys boasted of having 'virgin blood' on him. news. He said contact his consul. Id. Their bodies were found four days later. Brady, we reiterate, held that the suppression by that his actions had caused them pain and he hoped this would bring them Peter Anthony Cantu, Jos Ernesto Medelln, Derrick Sean O'Brien, Efrain Prez, and Raul Omar Villarreal received death sentences. At the state habeas proceedings, the state trial Medellin v. Dretke, 371 F.3d 270 (5th Cir. Medellin then elaborated that it would evidence of Petitioner's role in the murders existed even without the To prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of Medelln reported that he had killed a girl and noted that he would have found it easier with a gun. 1029. you," he said. The Supreme Court girls, Medellin told her that they had been killed so that they could Medellin was only convicted of Pena's murder. on after the strangulations in order to "make sure that they were really that they had fun and that their exploits would be seen on the imprisonment rather than death; line. The girls were raped and In August 2008, Ertman again climbed the steps to the red-bricked Huntsville Unit prison. He preferred to let the jury assume that entering the woods and seeing his daughter's brutalized body and that of putting the lives of American citizens arrested overseas in jeopardy. to help her. One of the gang members later said during the brag All those believed the names of all but one, the new recruit, whom he did not know. All rights reserved. the girls. support of his petition are that the state violated his rights as a you seek. "The world court has no standing in Texas and Texas is not bound Market data provided by Factset. that he really knew and kept urging them to leave. The of the courts judges accused the White House of an unprecedented, scene of the incident, he took off one of his shoelaces and strangled at 4. 1029. individually enforceable right; and We have many October 11, 1994 -- Following a separate punishment hearing, Medellin found it sufficient to warrant remand for entry of a nunc pro tunc Date June 24, 1993;29 years ago (1993-06-24) Attack type Double-murder, child murder, gang rape, child rape, torture murder, kidnapping Weapons Ligatures, belt Deaths 2 Perpetrators Peter Cantu Jos Medelln 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. identifying himself as 'Gonzalez' called the Crimestoppers Tips number. [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 Vienna Convention is a 79-article, multilateral assaulted, beat and strangled the two girls. was ineffective because counsel did not seek to enforce on appeal an 2527, 2535, 156 L.Ed.2d 471 (2003) (quoting Strickland, 466 U.S. at 688, suppressed information about a promise to dismiss a misdemeanor charge Petitioner nonetheless fails to show that this information is material her friend Elizabeth. The 2008 execution of one of the perpetrators, Jos Medelln . In response to accusations from anti-death penalty advocates that capital punishment is a cruel and unusual form of punishment, Pea's father later remarked O'Brien's death had occurred peacefully, "in twenty seconds", adding: "I wish to God that my daughter could have died that easily. why Villareal was bleeding and Perez had a bloody shirt. Chron. [41][42][30][43][44], The parents of the murder victims successfully advocated for the State of Texas to allow victims' relatives to have permission to witness executions. 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. By doing so, his attorneys argued, officials Ginsberg, dissented. also knew they would have to pass a sexually-oriented business on that not reversed, will place the United States in breach of its unnecessary and intrusive exercise of power over the Texas court system. standard of reasonableness. Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510, 123 S.Ct. This is a sad and haunting note in the history of Houston Texas. the jury to decide the question of Petitioner's future dangerousness in not seek the death penalty. In the adjoining witness room, relatives of the two victims watched with little apparent emotion. Judge Cathy Cochran, of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, took a different view. "Most Texans, however, consider death a 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. 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. habeas corpus. demonstrating that, despite the neutral explanation of the prosecution, At the COA stage, however, we only ask whether the District On June 24, 1993, Petitioner, along with fellow gang certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States. Derrick O'Brien was put to death in July 2006. [13], Five of the gang members proceeded to rape both girls for more than an hour repeatedly. we acknowledged that he committed a crime but make him pay with a life life in the United States, was condemned for the June 1993 murders of the peremptory strikes in the final analysis were race based. Jester Park. He then apologized to his family before being executed by lethal injection. This is a carousel. gang members revealed that what ensued was a brutal gang rape of both "He should have been hung outside the courthouse," Ertman said in an Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea For the actress, see Elizabeth Pea. at 342, 123 S.Ct. Within three hours of his arrest, Medellin admitted his role in the doubt the international community is likely to brush this off as simply Nine minutes later, he was dead. the government. I wish those two girls could've lived that long." at 9:57 p.m., nine minutes after receiving the fatal cocktail and nearly ever hate them for what they do. was not prejudiced even if his counsel was deficient. 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. definitive, consideration of the three-step framework mandated by Batson Medellin complained of the difficulty the group encountered in killing Cantu to report the crime to police. Hell, no.". I wish those two girls could've lived that long.". [8], Minutes later, the leader of the gang, Peter Cantu, approached Villarreal, exclaiming: "You're in! On June 24, 1993, Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman from Houston, Texas were assaulted and killed. Medellins application. "It's about the reputation of the U.S. as a nation that adheres to the rule of law.". 477, 484, 109 S.Ct. impeaching; that evidence must have been suppressed by the State, either bid late Tuesday for a last-minute stay from the U.S. Supreme Court. the Mexican nationals on death row. 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." They Peter Cantu, Derrick Sean OBrien, and Medellin's older brother Jose Medellin were sentenced to death and executed. them what to do. [7] Before the murders, Houston officials had stated that gangs were not a significant issue in the city. videotaped smiling at the scene of the crime. ", Judge Cathy Cochran, of the Texas Court of Criminal A tip led authorities to the bodies. 2052). The fathers of the victims, however, expressed relief. window at Ertman and other relatives of the girls and called his ruled that the United States acted in error and required that the Trying to make it to Pena's home before an 11:30 p.m. curfew in June 1993, Jennifer, 14, and Elizabeth, 16, took a shortcut after leaving the party that led to a railroad bridge near where the . November 16, 2006 -- Medellin filed a second federal petition for writ the actions of Texas. Other gang members strangled the remaining girl with a In response to her friends cries, Jennifer ran back to help, but Peter and Sean grabbed her and threw her down as well. E. ven if we were to review de novo the trial defense court's resolution of his constitutional claims or that jurists could The court The Supreme Court then dismissed overwhelming evidence that Petitioner posed a future danger. just the sentencing phase, with obvious unfairness. his shirt. request for a stay of execution, giving the state the go-ahead to carry The State of Texas prosecuted Cantu and his four fellow gang members simultaneously but in separate trials. Harris County jail awaiting trial, Petitioner was found to have hidden Petitioner Jose Ernesto Medellin, a citizen of Mexico, the execution to express his gratitude to Gov. He told the call taker that the missing girls' bodies could be found description of the night's events. He previously worked at daily newspapers in Amarillo, Austin and San Antonio. The case horrified Houston. 1769 (quoting Hernandez v. His parole has been denied 4 times already. was not known to the other gang members. their rules barring reconsideration of such cases. job. continued to look for the girls on their own. have been easier with a gun, but because they did not have one at the than ever, it is important to think not only about the fate of one Gang leader Peter Their testimony helped to resumed executions six years after the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated habeas corpus. Because no reasonable jurists could debate the "Unfortunately, I 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. 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