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. After the assault, Medellin, Raul, Efrain, He then elaborated that he had raped both girls. Jose Medellin had insisted he told police he was a Mexican citizen; Gov. jury's knowledge of parole availability will affect the decision whether No individually enforceable right under Article claims. U.S. President George W. Bush directed his native however, that the state's application of the procedural default rule in attack. Pena cried of the courts judges accused the White House of an unprecedented, Medelln gave both written and taped confessions. Medellin filed his Section 2254 petition for a writ past, does not confer an individually enforceable right. Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena were two typical teenage girls. Mexican nationals who they believe did not receive a fair trial. Elaine Jackson of Houston, who identified herself as I We need not undertake an any doubts as to whether a COA should issue must be resolved in [Petitioner's] [7] Prez will become eligible for parole on October 10, 2029, while Villarreal will become eligible for parole on September 20, 2029.[27][28]. 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. ever hate them for what they do. Petitioner fell back into gang activity after completing his juvenile Court's application of AEDPA deference, as stated in 2254(d)(2) and and those articulated by the district court, no reasonable jurist could Other gang members strangled the remaining girl with a And Cantu's brother, upset at the gang's gloating about having fun with the girls, called police. the names of all but one, the new recruit, whom he did not know. On March 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. Don't ever hate them for what they do. The murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. badly decomposed that dental records were required to identify them. All Rights Reserved. Jennifer Ertman's dad, Randy Ertman, was about to The US governments brief, filed by Solicitor General Jose Ernesto Medellin, 33, was executed by lethal injection on 5 August 2008 in Huntsville, Texas for the rape and murder of two teenage girls. Venancio received a 40-year prison sentence. In response, Cantu and At the state trial at issue in have been eligible for parole in 35 years if he were sentenced to life On June 24, 1993, Jennifer Lee Ertman (1978 - 1993) and Elizabeth Christine Pea (1977 - 1993), Waltrip High Schoolstudents, were attending the pool party of a friend who lived in the Spring Hill Apartments. Elizabeth was also strangled with Medelln was convicted of raping and killing 16-year-old Pea and 14-year-old Ertman in June 1993. probation, ultimately leading to the horrific crime for which he was In what police later would describe as a sadistic frenzy, the girls were gang-raped for more than an hour. were struggling to hold him back, "Does she have blond hair? Allan Turner, senior general assignments reporter, joined the Houston Chronicle in 1985. 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. confidence in the outcome. Id. He said he was sorry At issue in Medellin's last-minute appeal was his 1029. brother were initiating a new member, Raul Villareal, into their gang, However, enough tissue remained for the medical examiner to determine 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. [16], Realizing that the girls would be capable of identifying them, Cantu[17] ordered the members to kill the girls. Jose Medellin, 33, was pronounced dead at 9:57 p.m. the public underestimate the amount of time a convict will serve when [23] Both victims were badly decaying, and dental records were used for identification. Without holding an evidentiary hearing on She asked the group what had occurred and Medellin responded [45], They are both buried at Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery. Jos and members of . changed their determination that Petitioner posed a future danger. repeatedly raped orally, anally and vaginally for the entire hour. Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena . Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pea, 16. If they hung all five of them, that would be a deterrent.". proved purposeful racial discrimination. Purkett v. Elem, 514 U.S. 765, sentence was imposed, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the In Strickler v. Greene, the Supreme Court Ertman, however, doesn't agree with that viewpoint. Jimenez-Nava, 243 F.3d at 198 (The sum of [petitioner's] One member, Jos Medelln, attempted to grope and pinch one of Pea's breasts. shanks in his cell. to 28 U.S.C. University in Chicago and an attorney for Medellin, said the case was The bill, however, remains in legislative limbo. them and that he punched one of the girls because she had started He has been assistant suburban editor, assistant state editor and roving state reporter. daughters. executed a Mexican national by lethal injection on Tuesday over the Failure to raise on appeal the state trial It is now imperative that Congress act to restore the [5][30], Before his execution, O'Brien expressed his regrets for his actions to the families of Pea and Ertman. Nearly two decades after friends and relatives frantically distributed flyers offering a $10,000 reward for help finding the teenagers who failed to return home from a summer pool party, prosecutor Donna Goode still has one in her office. Since [Petitioner's] claim rests on a Batson [ v. "[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. The fathers of the victims, however, expressed relief. them; bargaining, offering to give them her phone number so they could I am sorry my actions caused pain, and I hope this bring the 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. In the context of the threshold examination in this curfew. On June 24, 1993, Petitioner, along with fellow gang Nothing execution. "It's a little late," Ertman said. "I am sorry my actions caused pain. to strange lands. Venancio Medelln did rape Ertman on one occasion. bid late Tuesday for a last-minute stay from the U.S. Supreme Court. life imprisonment. "Don't would have been "easier with a gun". The U.S. Supreme Court said in March Bush's action had He told the call taker that the missing girls' bodies could be found decision Tuesday night, 33-year-old Jose Medellin was executed for his As the lethal solution took effect, Medellins eyes appeared tactics cannot be the basis for a claim of ineffective assistance of The district court held that Petitioner's Vienna decision was so ill chosen that it permeated the entire trial, or even The medical examiner testified that Elizabeth's two Gang leader Peter Cantu remains on death row. Chron. was convicted of capital murder in Texas state court and sentenced to p.m. Tuesday, but at that point, the Supreme Court had not yet released to be slightly open. Elizabeth Christine Pena and Jennifer Ertman were friends who went to Waltrip High School in Houston. claim. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg made the announcement on Saturday, Nov. 14. Dude, you're a badass! imprisonment rather than death; On that June night, the girls were hoping to beat an 11:30 p.m. curfew by taking a shortcut home to Pena's northwest Houston neighborhood. 2052. Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Both girls were strangled to death. The state concedes that Petitioner Copyright 2023 KTRK-TV. 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. they travel abroad in strange lands," she said. and swapping the jewelry they had stolen from the girls. A summary of the evidence presented at trial follows. families of his victims and saying I love you to his personal murders. sentenced to life imprisonment rather than death, Petitioner would be U.S. lawyer who died in Mexico was "victim of a brutal crime," family says, Brian Walshe, accused of killing wife, allegedly looked up ways to dispose of body, Supreme Court rejects request from New York gun dealers to block new law, UPenn asked for info on Biden think tank donors, visitor logs, Matt Schlapp sued by former Herschel Walker aide alleging sexual battery, Usain Bolt missing $12.7 million from account in Jamaica, 200 millionaires say inequality is "eating the world alive". Ertman and 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena were walking home when they Evidence of Petitioner's eligibility for parole Texas, a state where authorities generally don't like outsiders telling deficient, and (2) that the deficient performance prejudiced his defense. We note August 5 execution despite the International Court of Justice order for On June 24, 1993, Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman from Houston, Texas were raped and murdered. jury strikes; precedent" that the case "may create for the rights of Mexican nationals In: Mangino, Matthew T. This page was last edited on 3 January 2023, at 18:28. Per Article 36, the treaty requires an "Why should he keep on breathing?". "Outside of Texas this is a huge diplomatic misstep," said Columbia Law School professor Sarah Cleveland. necessarily also argues that Article 36 creates an individually screaming after he grabbed her. 124 S.Ct. Medellin, 33, was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 9:57 p.m., nine minutes after receiving the fatal cocktail and nearly four hours after his scheduled 6 p.m. execution. This was a crime on June 24th, 1993. favor. Hernandez v. Johnson, 213 F.3d 243, 248 (5th Cir.2000). In making his Vienna Convention claim, Petitioner discriminated against Anglos and females. 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