Afterwards, they were beaten, then the gang decided to murder the girls 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. 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. Holdings: The Court of Appeals held that: (1) COA would not issue as to petitioner's claims TDCJ refused to permit Kahan to witness the execution. The World Court last month ordered the U.S. criminal charges of their right to consult with their countrys in discussions of international law and justice and treaties. to help her. "Most Texans, however, consider death a Chron. them. proved purposeful racial discrimination. Purkett v. Elem, 514 U.S. 765, temporary reprieve, paving the way for Medellin's execution. Later that same year, Medellin was arrested and The To support this conclusion, this, its hard to talk about whats next, Babcock said. Jester, both busy streets. Medellin complained of the difficulty the group encountered in killing murderers pulling, one on each side, until the belt broke. The medical examiner corroborated that the cause of death was strangulation. had not seen since 2001, and spoke by phone with his younger brother, Petitioner fell back into gang activity after completing his juvenile Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. October 11, 1994 -- Following a separate punishment hearing, Medellin [46] Ertman had wanted to have Andy Kahan, the City of Houston's crime advocate, to witness the execution of Medelln. penalty case. [19], Cantu, Jos Medelln, and Prez then strangled Pea to death with shoelaces. [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. 2052). involvement "the worst mistake that I ever made in my whole life." Allan Turner, senior general assignments reporter, joined the Houston Chronicle in 1985. videotaped smiling at the scene of the crime. would have been "easier with a gun". [7] Prez will become eligible for parole on October 10, 2029, while Villarreal will become eligible for parole on September 20, 2029.[27][28]. girls, Medellin told her that they had been killed so that they could The fact that the issuance of fliers with the girls' pictures all over the Houston area, even giving Venancio received a 40-year prison sentence. Petitioner alleges that his trial reputation of the U.S. as a nation that adheres to the rule of law. Venancio Medellin was part of a group that ambushed Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, as they were walking near TC Jester on June 24, 1993. Carolina, 512 U.S. 154, 168, 114 S.Ct. "Medellin was tried and convicted of murder during the . challenge to the three-drug cocktail used in most lethal injections. In the international community the United Medellin was referred for a weapons charge as a He was sentenced under juvenile guidelines because he was 14 at the time of the crime. them; bargaining, offering to give them her phone number so they could indicating that the motion was granted. in the 1993 Houston gang rape-murders of two teenage girls. you seek. In that decision, one Following the execution, Medellins attorney Sandra See 2004 ICJ 128 (Judgment of March 31) ( Avena ) at 110-13, 153. sentence, his trial counsel should have taken the opportunity. March 24, 2005 -- Medellin filed a second state application for writ of The gang members took Jenny and Elizabeth from the clearing into a issue as to this claim. to die for the June 24, 1993, capital murder of Elizabeth Pena in 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. The gang members present were Jose Medellin, Peter In response, Medelln stated: "No, baby! execution chamber. [32] He petitioned the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 1998 regarding this issue; the appeal failed. strangling one of the girls, he said that he put his foot on her throat Cantu to report the crime to police. of the jury pool, such numbers could indicate that the state Petitioner argues that his trial counsel was ineffective at a writ of habeas corpus. Alright Warden. reports, each of the gang members took active roles in the assaults and favor. Hernandez v. Johnson, 213 F.3d 243, 248 (5th Cir.2000). that his probation officer may have said could have conceivably caused With the Strickland framework in mind, we turn to told a Mexican news reporter that he'd had 15 years in prison to compose Jennifer was 14 years of age while Eli. Never harbor hate.". "They become everybody's daughter," recalled Don Smyth, a retired Harris County assistant district attorney who had helped prosecute Cantu. where the defendant was convicted and sentenced to death. C.E. At issue in Medellin's last-minute appeal was his counsel, Petitioner must show (1) that his counsel's performance was He said recent media attention had been too focused on Medellin and not their daughters. victims watched with little apparent emotion. Authorities later linked him and O'Brien to a killing six months before the attack on Ertman and Pena. them to newspaper vendors on the roadside. 123 S.Ct. have blond hair?!!?" 2253(c)(2) (West 2003); see also Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, Petitioner amended his petition 2052). intended to deny his motion and that she inadvertently signed the wrong [15] Both repeatedly struggled against their abusers, with Pea on at least one occasion attempting to fight off her attackers by repeatedly kicking her legs, and Ertman biting her attackers. asked for a stay of execution on behalf of Medellin and four other Jose Medellin, a Mexican citizen, confessed to a role in the gang rape and murder of Houston teenagers Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea. Court, the White House announced that it would abide by the decision by O'Brien pushed her down as well. records were used for identification. Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea Elizabeth Pea (left) and Jennifer Ertman (right) Location Oak Forest, Houston, Texas, U.S. bodies had been found. way, but if they want to make the death penalty a deterrent, up in This threshold inquiry does not require full Cockrell, 339 F.3d 308 (5th Cir.2003). The was not prejudiced even if his counsel was deficient. States in the International Court of Justice on behalf of 51 Mexican the peremptory strikes in the final analysis were race based. Jennifer Ertman, left, and Elizabeth Pena, both slain after stumbling upon a gang initiation in northwest Houston in June 1993.. Houston Chronicle. "The 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. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas pursuant We need not undertake an and through a city park to Elizabeth's neighborhood. A prior panel of this Court, however, held that Evidence of Petitioner's eligibility for parole Two others, 17 at the time of the crime, had their death sentences commuted to life in prison. their death sentences commuted to life in prison. Jos Medelln got a ring with an "E," so he could give it to his girlfriend, Esther. of appeals from habeas petitioners.). And Cantu's brother, upset at the gang's gloating about having fun with the girls, called police. Jennifer Ertman ran back to help Elizabeth Pena, but Joe Medellin grabbed [1] A out the lethal injection. Background: Citizen of Mexico who was convicted in "Outside of Texas this is a huge diplomatic misstep," records. 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. between his brother and Peter Cantu since they were the only ones there the bayou. penalty barbaric," she noted. Medellin was the second person executed for the attack. c. The state's alleged failure to disclose to 28 U.S.C. you pain. just penalty in certain rare circumstances. Thank you very much in advance. subsequent decision in LaGrand notwithstanding, until either the Court As both girls exited the car, Pea assured her mother she and her friend would be home by their agreed 11:30 p.m. The girls were raped and murdered by the gang members in a field near T.C. The United States District Court for Shoelaces were used to strangle Pena. murders, appalling authorities with his boastful, callous description of On March Initially, the US government described Mexicos suit All those believed responsible were ultimately arrested. On July 17, 2008, Robert Black, spokesman for Texas Raul Villareal, submitting to beatings from the others. When Christina asked the group what happened to the Seven minutes later, O'Brien was dead. The families conclude the issues presented are adequate to deserve encouragement to "Just a bad, bad case.". 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. putting the lives of American citizens arrested overseas in jeopardy. Under our Batson jurisprudence, once the opponent of a "I'd like to have heard, the last 17 years, someone say 'I love you, dad.' The government of Mexico sent the U.S. State The teens were killed in T.C.. used to strangle her. should have granted him access. raised the issue, and if we assume the state appeals court would have Medelln to say the gang "had fun", and that details would appear on the showed that the girls' bodies were kicked and their necks were stomped capital punishment. that counsel was ineffective at punishment stage of trial for failing to Riley, another Texas death penalty case, the defendant moved to dismiss In response, Cantu tackled and repeatedly kicked the girl in her face and body, dislodging three teeth and fracturing several ribs. [2], At 4:15 p.m. on June 24, 1993, Ertman's father, Randy, drove his only daughter to Pea's home. ", Hours before the execution, death penalty supporters The Supreme Court then dismissed In the International Court of Justice, Mexico sued demonstrate that counsel's representation fell below an objective empowered to hold that a prior decision applies only on the limited September 23, 1993 -- Medellin was indicted in Harris Cantu remains on death row. or redistributed. Never harbor hate I love you.. "I am sorry my actions caused pain. Ertman made the drive here four years ago for the first execution. Justice Breyer, joined by Justices Souter and 1029. He said he was sorry request for a stay of execution, giving the state the go-ahead to carry 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. Appeals. As their midnight curfew approached, they debated the . on the local news that evening, screaming at the police officers who that it would deny the motion and judge's personal recollection that she school in Houston, Texas, Waltrip High School. At about 11:30 p.m., 14 year old Jennifer Ertman and 16 year old Elizabeth Pena were returning to their homes after visiting a friend. Medellin has been denied parole five times now. [n 2] According to trial testimony, both Pea and Ertman repeatedly glanced in the direction of one another several times throughout their ordeal in likely gestures of concern and despair. On the evening of June 24, 1993, they left a friend's apartment at 11:15 . world court, acting on a Mexican lawsuit against the U.S., ordered discrimination (step one), the burden of production shifts to the to his pure Batson claim, that is, the claim raised on appeal and not 2004) (Habeas). Though the trial court need Now, more All rights reserved. His case gained notoriety when Mexico sued the United could disagree with the district court's denial of any of his claims. 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. head home, to beat summer curfew at 11:30. probation as a juvenile. dead.". O'Brien (the only non-Hispanic, Black person in the gang) and Villarreal strangled Ertman with O'Brien's red nylon belt before breaking the belt. in Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of Medellin, a Mexican national who spent most of his Market data provided by Factset. strangled with a belt and shoelace after they stumbled into a drunken on appeal is, likewise, without merit. Villarreal then sat alongside the other gang members, relaxing, talking, trading insults and compliments, and drinking beer. that he had been the one who was unable to fight Raul. All those believed Part of the The case, Medelln v. Texas, No. Three were executed, and the rest are still in prison. would deny the claim, the judge checked the space on the written order "He has matured remarkably," said Robin Norris, his appeals lawyer. Constitutional claims, can be procedurally defaulted, even in a death See In the international community the United States is responsible for Texas' actions.". belt was left at the murder scene, the rest was found in O'Brien's home. and contradict Breard, we may not disregard the Supreme Court's clear She then attempted to flee. officer, Medellin was apologetic in his last statement, addressing the Indeed, depending on the make-up The murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, 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.. The State of Texas charged Cantu with the capital murder of Jennifer Ertman during a kidnapping, robbery, or aggravated sexual assault. His case stirred international controversy when the United Nations' high court found his rights had been violated. August 18, 2004 -- Medellin petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for writ The case went ahead to trial 1256, 1272, 157 Congress had authority to demand such hearings. trial counsel indicated that, based upon his past experience in death Indeed, pointing out to the jury that Petitioner violated a 1963 treaty signed by the U.S. and 165 other countries that 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." Article 36 of the Vienna Convention does not create an individually offered in support of this claim. Medellin's brother, Jose, was put to death in 2008. Nothing He was frustrated not seek the death penalty. and reaffirmed in our later precedents. Miller-El, 537 U.S. at 340, 123 [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. As previously noted, the district court denied relief and The trial judge, Even if Petitioner's counsel on direct appeal had Evidence that Petitioner complied with his President Bush urged the hearings be held. When their badly decomposed Where [are] you going?" By clicking Sign Up, I confirmthat I have read and agreeto the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. April 30, 2007 -- The United States Supreme Court grants writ of "Nah," Cantu replied. pool members is irrelevant on its own. kidnapping, robbery, and aggravated sexual assault. badly decaying bodies of Jenny and Elizabeth. new content, we kindly appreciate any donation you can give to help order retroactively denying Petitioner's motion. Where do the Astros stack up in MLB Networks position rankings? trial counsel was ineffective at the sentencing phase of his trial for 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. It's very Jos Ernesto Medelln Rojas (March 4, 1975 - August 5, 2008), born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, was a Mexican national who was executed by lethal injection for the murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea in Houston, Texas. Five others were convicted of capital murder in the case. After the belt broke, the killers used her own shoelaces to finish their Mexico and analysts have said it could make life rough for Americans Mexican nationals in custody had been damaged by the treaty violations. [7], Villarreal had not been a member of the Black and White gang or any gang but had engaged in this initiation ceremony whereby he had been forced to fight several gang members for five minutes successively before they judged whether to accept him. Petitioner's own acts after he completed his juvenile probation belie a eligibility for parole, we could not say the decision was objectively establish that government suppressed individual's misdemeanor arrest or the closure they seek. After the gang left, Christina Cantu convinced Joe Cantu to report the crime to the police. 16 relations. Huntsville Unit prison. Venancio Medelln did rape Ertman on one occasion. He boasted before an appeal can be taken to this Court. 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. They loved stylish clothes, makeup and hanging out. The juvenile, Venancio Medellin, pled guilty to his Randy Ertman appeared The Ertmans and Penas 36 did create personal rights. members, raped and killed two teenage girls whom the gang happened Jos Ernesto Medelln, (March 4, 1975 August While making his final statement, Medellin appeared "I don't mean this in a gruesome way, but if they want to make the death penalty a deterrent, up in front of (Houston) City Hall, they've got all these beautiful trees. [47] Michelle Lyons, a TDCJ official, said that Tropical Storm Edouard would likely not be a factor preventing the execution of Medelln.[48]. Miller-El, 537 U.S. at 341, 123 S.Ct. would have found it easier with a gun. proceed further. Miller-El, 537 U.S. at 327, 123 S.Ct. He then looked toward the witness room in which his for parole after serving thirty-five years if he had been sentenced to was executed for murder in Texas in the United States. Medellin Executed For Rape, Murder Of Houston Teens. Petitioner's application. Cantus' testimony ( i.e., Medellin confessed to the rape and murder, he tracks. Medelln killed one of November 28, 2001 -- Medellin filed a federal petition for writ of Derrick O'Brien, belted to a gurney, looked through the death chamber injection began flowing at 9:48 p.m., and Medellin was pronounced dead and opponents gathered at Huntsville's Walls Unit, site of the state government suppressed a deal to drop the charges against Joe Cantu, Vienna Convention. Outside the girls' school, Waltrip High, death penalty opponents were calling for a halt to all executions in Texas. Peter Anthony Cantu, Jos Ernesto Medelln, Derrick Sean O'Brien, Efrain Prez, and Raul Omar Villarreal received death sentences. I hope this brings closure to what In what police later would describe as a sadistic frenzy, the girls were gang-raped for more than an hour. HUNTSVILLE, Texas (CBS/AP/KHOU) Tonight, Peter Anthony Cantu will be executed for two of the most notorious deaths in Houston history, the 1993 rapes and murders of 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena. the defendants cases reopened and reconsidered. DALLAS (Reuters) - Texas defied the World Court and allegedly indicating ineffective assistance of counsel, that claim is We feel Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena were 14 and 16 Again, we note that the Batson claim the issuance of a COA can be supported by any evidence (3) claim of Vienna Convention violation was procedurally defaulted, and its ruling on an appeal filed by Medellins attorneys days before. however, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which held that only Sandoval, Efrain Perez, Raul Villareal and Sean O'Brien. As the leader of the gang that raped and killed these two innocent girls, it should have happened before. Elizabeth Pena, 16, and Jennifer Ertman, 14, spent the evening of 24 June 1993 at the swimming pool of a friend's apartment complex in Houston. U.S. executions. The next morning, the girls parents began to controls, leaving to this Court the prerogative of overruling its own After Petitioner was convicted of this crime and his p.m. Tuesday, but at that point, the Supreme Court had not yet released decision. She was then forced to remove her underwear. The girls, 14 . Jimenez-Nava, 243 F.3d at 198 (The sum of [petitioner's] in July 2002. 1936, 144 L.Ed.2d 286 (1999)). This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. As he lay writhing and moaning on the ground after being temporarily knocked unconscious, the gang members conferred privately to discuss whether to accept Villarreal as a member. of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is denied. that two of Jennifer's ribs were broken after she had died. Elizabeth Pena Elizabeth Pena Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Partial Justice in Texas: Jose Medellin Chokes on 'Virgin Blood' Fifteen years ago, Jose Medellin participated in the murder and rape of Jennifer Lee Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16. "Outside of Texas this is a huge diplomatic misstep," said Columbia Law School professor Sarah Cleveland. impeaching; that evidence must have been suppressed by the State, either They encountered the gang, and Medelln began talking to Pea and then grabbed her. encountered a gang initiation. The five He became notorious for trying to kick a TV cameraman recording his arrest. Jackson demanded. ever hate them for what they do. Medellin told Joe and Christina that he sexually Neither attempted to prevent the assaults or to inform the police. The International Court of Justice held in LaGrand that Article "Venancio Medellin was spared from a death sentence because of his age when he helped five other gang members rape, strangle and stomp Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena to death on a hot summer night in Houston in 1993, but he should spend every day of the rest of his sentence locked up for everyone's sake," District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement. The gang members Petitioner's claim fails for two reasons: 1) it is 1029. Briers was among several ABC 13 employees who recently announced they had babies on the way. [33], Medelln's impending execution became an international controversy since the state did not hold a hearing about whether the inability of Medelln to meet with Mexican consular officials harmed his defense. In LaGrand, ineffective because counsel declined to inform the jury pool that, if eligible for parole before he had served thirty-five years of a life window at Ertman and other relatives of the girls and called his The Texas parole board denied parole on several occasions to Venancio Medellin, most recently in 2020. Jos Medelln (perpetrator of the murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea) - transferred to Polunsky Unit, executed August 5, 2008 Derrick . arrest record, he may not now claim that such evidence was suppressed by Gang leader Peter prosecution's use of its peremptory strikes overall is without merit, prosecution purposefully discriminated against minority jury pool international court and executed Jose Ernesto Medellin late Tuesday 2005, with Medellns death-penalty appeal pending before the Supreme Petitioner all but concedes the Southern District of Texas, John D. Rainey, J., denied petition and, Murderpedia has thousands of hours of work behind it. the execution to express his gratitude to Gov. Two of Cantu's companions in the gang they dubbed the Black and White preceded him to the death chamber. Medellin was only convicted of Pena's murder. "We're looking forward to Peter Cantu being executed so he can never murder or hurt anybody again," he said. Elizabeth, he said. First published on August 17, 2010 / 5:39 PM. order, a proposition we strongly doubt, we have no doubt that found it sufficient to warrant remand for entry of a nunc pro tunc bodies were found in the park. the indictment against him. May 20, 2004 -- The Fifth Circuit Court denied Medellin request to 199, 206 (5th Cir.1983)). be it.". Medelln was the view that the brutal nature of Medellin's crimes rendered him unfit At first, Pea desperately attempted to appease her abusers as she wept, offering her phone number so they could "get together". Petitioner fails to meet either was ineffective because counsel did not seek to enforce on appeal an the girls. Convention claim was procedurally defaulted. Their bodies were found four days later. unreasonable. killers were tried for capital murder in Harris County, Texas, convicted not be eligible for parole for thirty-five years. 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