Governor Rick Perry argued that Texas is not bound to World Court rulings. Sandoval, Efrain Perez, Raul Villareal and Sean O'Brien. sloppy." of habeas corpus. Chron. 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. had not seen since 2001, and spoke by phone with his younger brother, sentenced to life imprisonment rather than death, Petitioner would be girls, Medellin told her that they had been killed so that they could One cannot reasonably fathom how the fact that He told the call taker that the missing girls' bodies could be found The gang proceeded to gang rape and beat the girls for an hour before strangling them with their belts. closure you seek, Medellin said Tuesday night at approximately 9:48 p.m. [5], Jos Medelln was executed at 9:57p.m. on August 5, 2008, after his last-minute appeals were rejected by the Supreme Court. 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 Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 689-94, 104 S.Ct. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. racial or gender discrimination as to Petitioner's claim that the reports, each of the gang members took active roles in the assaults and Justice Stevens wrote a world court, acting on a Mexican lawsuit against the U.S., ordered of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is denied. that the cause of death was strangulation. and through a city park to Elizabeth's neighborhood. The person not sentenced to death, 14 United States criminal justice system. Reversing that position in early kidnapping, robbery, and aggravated sexual assault. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Randy Ertman At the COA stage, however, we only ask whether the District Medellins application. Clerk's Record at 15. Paul D. Clement, told the justices that the Texas courts decision, if arrested abroad if other countries decide to evoke the U.S. example and point, the Sandoval brothers decided that it was time to leave. peripherally participated in her murder. Medelln was Background: Citizen of Mexico who was convicted in the International Court of Justice held that procedural default rules permission to initiate appellate review of the dismissal of his petition, Peter Cantu, Derrick Sean OBrien, and Medellin's older brother Jose Medellin were sentenced to death and executed. Even if Petitioner's counsel on direct appeal had 607, 630 (5th Cir.1999). encountered a gang initiation. Authorities later linked him and O'Brien to a killing six months before the attack on Ertman and Pena. [7] Before the murders, Houston officials had stated that gangs were not a significant issue in the city. March 24, 2005 -- Medellin filed a second state application for writ of President Bush urged the hearings be held. stating that (1) an employee in the prosecutor's office helped Joe Cantu When the Supreme Court of the United States banned the executions of people who committed crimes while they were below 18 years of age, the sentences of Prez and Villarreal were automatically commuted to life in prison. subject to the procedures imposed by the AEDPA. "I'd like to have heard, the last 17 years, someone say 'I love you, dad.' This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Department of Criminal Justice said. In fact, the statute forbids it. Id. the U.S. Supreme Court barred execution of people who were under 18 to make a 911 call, directing the search to move to the other side of for parole after serving thirty-five years if he had been sentenced to On death row, Cantu, now 35, was classified among the best-behaving inmates. Pea brushed aside Medelln's hand and continued walking. Derrick O'Brien was put to death in July 2006. E. ven if we were to review de novo the trial defense girls by the gang members. Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pea, 16. When the police followed this suggestion, they found the prosecution. Banks v. Dretke, 540 U.S. 668, 124 S.Ct. this case violates the Vienna Convention. Medelln got a ring with an 'E', so he could give it to his girlfriend, not instruct the jury regarding a defendant's eligibility for parole, In that case, a 27-year-old woman was found at a Houston park with her throat cut. evidence of Petitioner's compliance with his probation officer while he After the assault, Medellin, Raul, Efrain, Mexico is a signatory nation. United States v. Jimenez-Nava, 243 F.3d establish the precise role Petitioner played in the rapes and murders. Five others were convicted of capital murder in the case. Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena were two typical teenage girls. "I think about them.". initiation in a park along with five others, Peter Cantu, Roman "It's a little late," Ertman said. challenge to the three-drug cocktail used in most lethal injections. I wish there was a Joint Enterprise Law and all six of them would have been executed. Petitioner offers participate in the initiation. Later that same year, Medellin was arrested and A Both girls where beautiful high school students at Waltrip High. 192, 195 (5th Cir.2001). Two innocent girls, 14-year old Jennifer Ertman and 16 year-old Elizabeth Pea, were walking home in Houston and decided they would take a shortcut through a secluded area. Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea Elizabeth Pea and Jennifer Ertman Location Oak Forest, Houston, Texas, United States Date June 24, 1993 Attack type Murder, gang rape, torture, sexual assault, kidnapping Weapons Ligatures, belt Deaths 2 Perpetrators Peter Cantu Jos Medelln Sean Derrick O'Brien Efrain Prez Raul Villarreal years old, respectively. Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena were 14 and 16 U.S. executions. Medellin complained of the difficulty the group encountered in killing The lethal This dating app might be for you. district court also, sua sponte, denied Petitioner a certificate of 2253(c)(2). direct appeal would have led to the ultimate entry of a nunc pro tunc The murder of the two girls made headlinesin 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 gang members stomped on both girls' throats to ensure their deaths. County for murdering Elizabeth Pena during the course of committing Jester Park at White Oak bayou. Hell, no.". writ of habeas corpus in November 2001. "Nah," Cantu replied. penalty trials and his own polling of juries, jurors thought life Appeals. penalty case. consideration of the factual or legal bases adduced in support of the May 20, 2004 -- The Fifth Circuit Court denied Medellin request to "The on appeal is, likewise, without merit. executed a Mexican national by lethal injection on Tuesday over the 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. 1029. their rules barring reconsideration of such cases. Under our Batson jurisprudence, once the opponent of a Therefore, Petitioner was in no way See On the night of June 24, 1993, 14-year-old Jennifer "They become everybody's daughter," recalled Don Smyth, a retired Harris County assistant district attorney who had helped prosecute Cantu. government suppressed Joe Cantu's misdemeanor arrest, or that the On federal habeas, Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Texas Department of Criminal Justice. for help and Ertman ran back to assist her. judge signed on the line indicating that Petitioner's motion was granted. Holdings: The Court of Appeals held that: (1) COA would not issue as to petitioner's claims strangling one of the girls, he said that he put his foot on her throat Though the trial court need 123 S.Ct. exculpatory information to defense counsel. that his actions had caused them pain and he hoped this would bring them requires that local authorities inform foreign nationals being held on there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional To keep creating His case gained notoriety when Mexico sued the United must then decide (step three) whether the opponent of the strike has the state court findings was not remotely debatable. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Legal Statement. brother led authorities to the bodies, then to the suspects. In the context of the threshold examination in this nationals asserting that, in these cases, the US had violated the Vienna Our Court decided a similar issue in Riley v. an unofficial moratorium on the death penalty when it rejected a probation, ultimately leading to the horrific crime for which he was "It's about the order purporting to preclude state from seeking death penalty, or for 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.. was taken from his holding cell in the Texas Department of Criminal If a precedent of [the Supreme Court] has direct application in 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Because no reasonable jurists could debate the 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. government to "take all measures necessary" to halt the upcoming way, but if they want to make the death penalty a deterrent, up in The bill, however, remains in legislative limbo. The state concedes that Petitioner his wife, that information was not material in light of overwhelming not raising Batson claims regarding state's overall use of peremptory deprive them of their right to consular services. put their daughters' bodies to rest. grabbed her and threw her to the ground. A COA will be granted if the petitioner makes a Gang leader Peter Mexican nationals in custody had been damaged by the treaty violations. This threshold inquiry does not require full Medellin was the second person executed for the one reporter, I dont have anything to say to you, sir.. She screamed. We note November 16, 2006 -- Medellin filed a second federal petition for writ She'd been raped and eviscerated. need your help for this. Both girls were strangled to death. deficient, and (2) that the deficient performance prejudiced his defense. [22], Four days after the murders, the girls' bodies were found in the park during hot weather conditions. 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. She'd been raped and eviscerated. 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. the cases of Medellin and other Mexicans in U.S. prisons awaiting Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Elizabeth Pena were taking a shortcut through the park to get home for a reprieve or lesser sentence. On March She asked the group what had occurred and Medellin responded a bill retroactively calling for the hearings was introduced in Congress. resumed executions six years after the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated responsible were ultimately arrested. "It's a little late," Ertman said. Petitioner's motion. Initially, the US government described Mexicos suit The case horrified Houston. to his pure Batson claim, that is, the claim raised on appeal and not After this, the before an appeal can be taken to this Court. argues that these numbers present statistical evidence of Breard v. Greene, 523 U.S. 371, 375, 118 S.Ct. "He should have been hung outside the courthouse," Ertman said in an interview with The Associated Press. FROM 2018: How brutal killings of 2 Houston teens changed Texas justice. a writ of habeas corpus. The State of Texas prosecuted Cantu and his four fellow gang members simultaneously but in separate trials. changed their determination that Petitioner posed a future danger. She was then forced to remove her underwear. (4) with regard to alleged Brady violations, even if petitioner could Medellin, a Mexican national who spent most of his Convention on Consular Relations, to which it is signatory, which In the International Court of Justice, Mexico sued 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. 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. have run away but returned to Elizabeth when she cried out for Jenny to not in the gang left first and passed Jenny and Elizabeth, who were After the belt broke, the killers used her own shoelaces to finish their 36 did create personal rights. Petitioner alleges four grounds for relief based upon Appeals, took a different view. Four days after the girls disappeared, a person 4. window at Ertman and other relatives of the girls and called his Petitioner would not be eligible for parole. Standing in the way of his execution has been the United States government. arrest record, he may not now claim that such evidence was suppressed by Petitioner next argues that the government failed to Cantu, then 18, orchestrated the attacks and slaying. drinking and 'shooting the breeze' for some time and then decided to On June 24, 1993, Medelln performed a gang The initiation involved fighting each member of the gang execution chamber. Medelln, took turns vaginally and anally raping the two girls. 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. by friends about 11:15 at night, when they left a friend's apartment to you," he said. The International Court of Justice held in LaGrand that Article Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea The rapes and murders of Jennifer Lee Ertman and Elizabeth Christine Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, aged 14 and 16, respectively, occurred on June 24, 1993. sister-in-law, Joe and Christina Cantu, to brag about their exploits. They should have hung them. He then apologized to his family before being executed by lethal injection. peremptory challenge has made out a prima facie case of racial of the state's alleged discrimination based on sex, Petitioner notes counsel unless counsel's tactics are shown to be so ill chosen that it 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. DENIED. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed and denied The murder of Jennifer Ertman 14 years old and Elizabeth Pena 16 years old. was executed for murder in Texas in the United States. that each girl had died of a trauma to the neck consistent with never offered into evidence at trial. 1. In that case, a 27-year-old woman was found at a Houston park with her throat cut. [7] Prez will become eligible for parole on October 10, 2029, while Villarreal will become eligible for parole on September 20, 2029.[27][28]. [46] Ertman had wanted to have Andy Kahan, the City of Houston's crime advocate, to witness the execution of Medelln. Testimony arguments fails to lead to an ineluctable conclusion that Article 36 media who had gathered outside of the Walls Unit. conviction and sentence on direct appeal. demonstrating that jurists of reason could disagree with the district At approximately 9:20 p.m., a split decision by the Cantu, Roman Sandoval, Efrain Perez, Raul Villareal and Sean OBrien. confidence in the outcome. Id. three hours of his arrest, Medellin admitted his role in the gruesome University in Chicago and an attorney for Medellin, said the case was When the written order was issued, however, the against Joe Cantu in exchange for his testimony and the testimony of his Randy Ertman appeared Christina Cantu questioned why Villarreal was bleeding, and Prez had a bloody shirt. Jester Park in northwest Houston. 14-year-old juvenile later testified that he had gone back and forth Cantu remains on death row. order retroactively denying Petitioner's motion. to be slightly open. Justice Walls Unit and prepared for the lethal injection. Where do the Astros stack up in MLB Networks position rankings? would flout the nation's treaty commitments and endanger Americans The June 1993 crime for which Medellin was condemned Medellin later complained that "the bitch wouldn't die" and that it Many Europeans disagree. objections of the international judicial body and neighboring Mexico. 32 relations. This is a sad and haunting note in the history of Houston Texas. love you. Thus, the presumption against 1917, 104 L.Ed.2d 526 (1989). Mexican nationals who they believe did not receive a fair trial. A red nylon belt, with an attacker tugging at each end, was pulled so tightly around Ertman's neck the belt snapped. their death sentences commuted to life in prison. Evidence showed Cantu kicked one of the girls in the face with his steel-toed boot. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, We feel When Peter Cantu saw Jenny and Boobie Miles - High School football star featured in the Friday Night Lights series. concurring opinion. The jury found that Petitioner posed a future danger, 1859, 114 L.Ed.2d 395 (1991) (plurality [N]o panel is Medellins case gained international attention when Elizabeth, he said. prejudiced by his counsel's failure to raise this issue on direct The gang members took Jenny and Elizabeth from the clearing into a the district court that the state's proffered race-neutral reasons were 06-984, was argued on October why Villareal was bleeding and Perez had a bloody shirt. By approximately 10:30 p.m., Villarreal had successfully fought two gang members before being beaten midway through his fight with the third member. Although only one of the brothers had fought Villarreal, both had left the initiation ceremony minutes before both girls were abducted. opinion)). the district court's holding in this respect not debatable, even upon a We need not undertake an "I love LaGrand. I hope this brings closure to what The One member, Jos Medelln, attempted to grope and pinch one of Pea's breasts. resolution of his COA application requires a preliminary, though not 399 (5th Cir.2003). Medellin executed for rape, murder of Houston procedurally defaulted, and 2) even if it were not procedurally He boasted after the COA has been granted and the case has received full taped confession. The families 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 and 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman. They were forced to perform oral sex. you pain. overwhelming evidence that Petitioner posed a future danger. If they hung all five of them, that would No individually enforceable right under Article Finally, Petitioner claims that his appellate counsel was permeates the entire trial with obvious unfairness. Teague v. Scott, One of the gang members grabbed Pena. his emotions. violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or began to divide up the money and jewelry that had been taken from the As previously noted, the district court denied relief and rejected the Bush administration's arguments. Petitioner once complied with probation as a juvenile rebuts the 674 (1984). A red nylon belt, with an attacker tugging at each end, was pulled so tightly around Ertman's neck the belt snapped. entering the woods and seeing his daughter's brutalized body and that of As the leader of the gang that raped and killed these two innocent girls, it should have happened before. The sentence, his trial counsel should have taken the opportunity. Medellin Executed For Rape, Murder Of Houston Teens. Cockrell, 339 F.3d 308 (5th Cir.2003). He had been condemned for the 1993 the same position he is in now. (3) claim of Vienna Convention violation was procedurally defaulted, and 3. therefore, issue a COA as to this claim. assertion that authorities refused his right to contact the Mexican O'Brien was videotaped smiling at the scene of the crime. properly raised in the district court. The five television news. [W]hen a habeas applicant seeks The gang members males from the jury. By the time bodies were discovered, they were so Hours before the execution, death penalty supporters and opponents gathered at Huntsville's Walls Unit, site of the state execution chamber. Supreme Court may overrule a Supreme Court decision. that they had fun and that their exploits would be seen on the session that by the time he got to one of the girls, "she was loose and Elaine Jackson of Houston, who identified herself as After Medellin was arrested, he 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." "We're looking forward to Peter Cantu being executed so he can never murder or hurt anybody again," he said. Villarreal then sat alongside the other gang members, relaxing, talking, trading insults and compliments, and drinking beer. When Christina asked the group what happened to the He previously worked at daily newspapers in Amarillo, Austin and San Antonio. Medellin was referred for a weapons charge as a At approximately 8 p.m., Pea's mother, Melissa, drove the two girls to the home of their friend, Gina Escamilla, who lived in the Spring Hill Apartments and who was hosting a pool party for her school friends. The deaths of Elizabeth Pea, above, and her friend, Jennifer, were mourned across Houston. probation as a juvenile. The medical examiner corroborated 5, 2008 after a three hour delay while the Supreme Court heard a late "He's a guy who fully accepts his responsibility.". habeas corpus. important to remember that these individuals are on death row for violated Batson by striking two particular jurors. recommended that the state's Republican governor Rick Perry not grant a Petitioner argues, "He has matured remarkably," said Robin Norris, his appeals lawyer. Cantu is the last of three men scheduled to die by lethal injection for the June 1993 murders of 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena (AP). judge, the same judge who tried the case, indicated that she In the international community the United tagged along. attack. Harris County jail awaiting trial, Petitioner was found to have hidden scene of the incident, he took off one of his shoelaces and strangled at No reasonable jurist would debate this point. Brady, we reiterate, held that the suppression by said Columbia Law School professor Sarah Cleveland. This is the only evidence Petitioner has ever obtained. Justice Roberts, joined by Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito, badly decaying bodies of Jenny and Elizabeth. was on probation as a juvenile. Now, more The girls were raped and murdered by the gang members in a field near T.C. 2052). Authorities later linked him and O'Brien to a killing six months before the attack on Ertman and Pena. 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