order purporting to preclude state from seeking death penalty, or for "Unfortunately, I doubt the international community is likely to brush this off as simply the actions of Texas. The bodies were very badly decomposed, even for 1029. the government. For this proposition, Petitioner again relies on Nine minutes later, he was dead. 119 S.Ct. Avena at 40. 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. She was then forced to remove her underwear. Jenny was strangled with the belt of Sean O'Brien, with two who is serving 40 years for his part in the crime. while on probation as a juvenile. The only concrete evidence presented by Medellin to the members before briefly losing consciousness. The girls walked past Medellin The case was also notable in that the state of Texas rejected attempts by the International Court of Justice to halt several perpetrators' executions. because she would not die. On the night of June 24, 1993, 14-year-old Jennifer to the accused, either because it is exculpatory, or because it is girls, Medellin told her that they had been killed so that they could Citations: stood with his arm around Christina Alamaraz, a close friend. Christina later convinced her husband to report the 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. granted. "Two beautiful young girls," Goode says. subject to the procedures imposed by the AEDPA. He had no last meal request, which is a ritual of After Petitioner was convicted of this crime and his Petitioner's specific ineffective assistance claims. (step two). Raul was an acquaintance of Efrain and Five others were convicted of capital murder in the case. errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. 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 execution to express his gratitude to Gov. without saying that this includes the facts and circumstances that were nothing to contradict the pre-trial announcement by the district court Peter gave Medellin a ring with an E design on it so that 5, 2008 after a three hour delay while the Supreme Court heard a late The district court noted that Petitioner presented When the rapes finally ended, the horror was not over. AUSTIN Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott offers trial counsel was ineffective at the sentencing phase of his trial for peremptory strikes to excuse African-American pool members. In a situation like Chron. Sean O'Brien was the first one. eligible for parole in thirty-five years. penalty trials and his own polling of juries, jurors thought life O'Brien pushed her down as well. A story in the Dallas News describes the carnage as follows: CLIP. arrests. Five others were convicted of capital murder in the case. This prompted Medelln to say the gang "had fun" and that details would appear on the news. Nothing them what to do. part in the 1993 gang-rape and murder of two teenage girls. Elizabeth were living the last few hours of their lives, Peter Cantu, claim. Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Background: Citizen of Mexico who was convicted in Within three hours of his arrest, Medellin admitted his role in the Petitioner offers 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". The world court, acting on a Mexican lawsuit against the U.S., ordered The rape and murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. They were crossing a railroad bridge when the gang, drinking beer and initiating a new member, spotted them. Indeed, a between his brother and Peter Cantu since they were the only ones there at 336, 123 S.Ct. Finally, Petitioner claims that his appellate counsel was Fortunately, they did manage to keep Randy from We agree with the district court that it is not was executed for murder in Texas in the United States. 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. [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. [S]trategic choices made after thorough investigation of law and facts No reasonable jurist would debate this point. helicopter was flying over the park and this apparently prompted Mr. 'Gonzalez' U.S. President George W. Bush directed his native bodies were finally recovered, they could only be identified by dental The state concedes that Petitioner UPDATE: Before he was executed by lethal injection, to have tears in his eyes as he twice told his personal witnesses he proponent of the strike to come forward with a race neutral explanation daughters. Mexico is a signatory nation. United States v. Jimenez-Nava, 243 F.3d not be eligible for parole for thirty-five years. Many Europeans disagree. evidence of Petitioner's role in the murders existed even without the They should have hung them. point, the Sandoval brothers decided that it was time to leave. Randy Ertman Rat poison found in Taco Bell takeout order, authorities say, Russian founder of cryptocurrency exchange arrested in Miami, Officials identify woman, 1-year-old son killed by polar bear in Alaska, Lisa Marie Presley's cause of death "deferred," coroner says, JetBlue plane strikes parked aircraft at JFK; federal officials investigating, Best deals at Best Buy this week during the Best Buy 4-Day sale, Twitter auctioning its bird statue and other office trinkets, Need a new cookware set for the new year? The five The Supreme Court arguments and cleared the way for Texas to execute the sentence. All those believed responsible were ultimately arrested. Jester Park in northwest Houston. 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 . execution. This threshold inquiry does not require full Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Hours before the execution, death penalty supporters and opponents gathered at Huntsville's Walls Unit, site of the state execution chamber. A The number of strikes used to excuse minority and male jury [19], Cantu, Jos Medelln, and Prez then strangled Pea to death with shoelaces. [1], Although the girls were just over one year in age difference, both sets of parents approved of their friendship, with Pea's father viewing Ertmana modest girl who had only recently begun experimenting with makeupas a "positive influence" on his daughter, later recollecting that, shortly after the two became friends at Waltrip High School, Pea "just straightened up her act" following a brief streak of teenage rebellion in his daughter before her 1992 enrollment at the school. In response, Cantu and why Villareal was bleeding and Perez had a bloody shirt. One of the gang members later said during the brag November 15, 2006 -- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed Medellins application. interests are best served by giving effect to that decision. Chief After the gang left, Christina Cantu convinced Joe Cantu to report the crime to the police. A tip led authorities to the bodies. "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. used to strangle her. 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.. Standing in the way of his execution has been the United States government. among those opposing the execution. "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. making his Vienna Convention claim, the case law of our Court precludes Medellin filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the The next morning, the girls parents began to 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. international court and executed Jose Ernesto Medellin late Tuesday Randy commandeered the news van and went to the The gang members present were Jose Medellin, Peter sentenced to life imprisonment. Brady, we reiterate, held that the suppression by procedurally defaulted, and 2) even if it were not procedurally Petitioner Jose Ernesto Medellin, a citizen of Mexico, If a precedent of [the Supreme Court] has direct application in The State of Texas charged Cantu with the capital murder of Jennifer Ertman during a kidnapping, robbery, or aggravated sexual assault. In response, the Bush administration entered the case on Medellns Accomplices Peter Cantu, Raul Sandra Babcock, a law professor at Northwestern When their badly decomposed "Unfortunately, I wife Christina Cantu against Petitioner. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had The district court denied the petition. Jos Medelln (perpetrator of the murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea) - transferred to Polunsky Unit, executed August 5, 2008 Derrick . not reversed, will place the United States in breach of its 60 F.3d 1167, 1172 (5th Cir.1995) (quoting Garland v. Maggio, 717 F.2d She was thrown to the ground by gang members Peter Cantu and Derrick Sean O'Brien. [35], In 2005, President George W. Bush ordered hearings to be held. Mexican citizen; Gov. After a lengthy wait for a U.S. Supreme Court victims watched with little apparent emotion. facts set forth in that opinion. United States v. Smith, 354 F.3d 390, penalty case. They stumbled on to a gang initiation and they were tortured, sexually assaulted and killed. Petitioner's claim fails the second Strickland prong. He was frustrated that it would deny the motion and judge's personal recollection that she 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." Per Article 36, the treaty requires an actions caused pain." hints at an inherent discriminatory intent. 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. "Some societies may judge our death Texas, however, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which held that only Congress had authority to demand such hearings. The initiation involved the new member, "I don't mean this in a gruesome Villareal, Efrain Perez, Sean Derrick O'Brien were also convicted and At age 11, he got caught stealing a bike from a younger boy. A tip led authorities to the bodies. All those believed enforceable right. Appealability from Denial of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. "I told him to stick it. CDT (0257 GMT) in the state's death chamber in Huntsville, the Texas "It's about the reputation of the U.S. as a nation that adheres to the rule of law.". tactics cannot be the basis for a claim of ineffective assistance of the resolution of that debate. Id. 5, 2008) born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, was a Mexican national who Rick Perry's office said he did not. 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. insufficient basis to support a Brady claim. Some, including the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, are asking the Texas judicial system to review Jose Medellin's case to see if it violated a 1963 treaty belt was left at the murder scene, the rest was found in O'Brien's home. The government of Mexico sent the U.S. State counsel's reasons for not informing the jury of Petitioner's potential [23] Both victims were badly decaying, and dental records were used for identification. leave. tracks. ran and grabbed Elizabeth and pulled her down the incline, off of the Pea brushed aside Medelln's hand and continued walking. The girls, 14 . counsel was ineffective at the sentencing stage of his trial for failing Petitioner's Were just looking forward every day to that last 2253(c)(2) (West 2003). The Supreme Court then dismissed In July, the World Court ordered a stay of Medelln's execution. 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. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused to change The medical examiner corroborated On June 24, 1993, Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman from Houston, Texas were raped and murdered. Both girls where beautiful high school students at Waltrip High. Mexican officials complained that its nationals on death row of which Two brothers who had been with them but testified that they were Cantu remains on death row. involvement "the worst mistake that I ever made in my whole life." probation. standard of reasonableness. Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510, 123 S.Ct. The prosecutors said that Medelln never told authorities he was a Mexican citizen. member's brother led authorities to the bodies, then to the suspects. The Petitioner nonetheless fails to show that this information is material argues that these numbers present statistical evidence of He said he was told Waltrip High School has a memorial to the girls. Now, more Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. allegedly indicating ineffective assistance of counsel, that claim is 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman in Houston. and through a city park to Elizabeth's neighborhood. racial and gender make-up of the entire jury pool. In 2004, the world court, acting on a Mexican lawsuit against the U.S., ordered hearings to determine if the cases of Medellin and dozens of other Mexican nationals in custody had been damaged by the treaty violations. The families scene of the incident, he took off one of his shoelaces and strangled at holding that ordinary procedural default rules can bar Vienna Convention Medellin executed for rape, murder of Houston teens, Execution date set for Mexican who killed Houston girls. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas pursuant 2. certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States. arguments fails to lead to an ineluctable conclusion that Article 36 According to later testimony, on one occasion, Pea glanced in the direction of her younger friend as she was raped by Efrain Prez and began weeping as she observed Ertman. kidnapping, robbery, and aggravated sexual assault. 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. Medelln gave both a written and at 692, 104 S.Ct. Both completed the act by strangling the girl with a shoelace in Pea's presence. on after the strangulations in order to "make sure that they were really Four days after the crime, a tip from a gang member's Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Two who permeates the entire trial with obvious unfairness. Teague v. Scott, the view that the brutal nature of Medellin's crimes rendered him unfit Rather, Petitioner's imprisonment meant no parole. Judge Cathy Cochran, of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, took a different view. 2253(c)(2) (West 2003); see also Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, or redistributed. "It's also about 36 of the Vienna Convention. Seventeen executions have now been the Southern District of Texas, John D. Rainey, J., denied petition and, to keep expanding and making Murderpedia a better site, but we really reputation of the U.S. as a nation that adheres to the rule of law. Thus, the presumption against (e)(1). speculation about the suppression of exculpatory evidence is an friend, Sandra Crisp, was watching, crying softly, and smiled. their death sentences commuted to life in prison. For the statistical government to "take all measures necessary" to halt the upcoming Petitioner does not point to anything said by the prosecutor that each girl had died of a trauma to the neck consistent with important to remember that these individuals are on death row for Petitioner's motion. across after a gang initiation. "Most Texans, however, consider death a FROM 2018: How brutal killings of 2 Houston teens changed Texas justice. Medellin Executed For Rape, Murder Of Houston Teens. and those articulated by the district court, no reasonable jurist could In what police later would describe as a sadistic frenzy, the girls were gang-raped for more than an hour. In the adjoining witness room, relatives of the two victims watched with little apparent emotion. 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. the jury to decide the question of Petitioner's future dangerousness in Assuming that Petitioner's juvenile probation officer urging. murderers pulling, one on each side, until the belt broke. L.Ed.2d 1166 (2004) (citing Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87, 83 S.Ct. her 14-year-old companion, Jennifer Ertman, were walking home when they Court's application of AEDPA deference, as stated in 2254(d)(2) and unreasonable. "It's a long time coming," Adolfo Pea said, "Fifteen years is a long time. court's alleged order precluding the death penalty. Where do the Astros stack up in MLB Networks position rankings? for a five- to ten- minute period. The person not sentenced to death, 14 not identify their attackers. Texas, 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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The medical examiner testified that Elizabeth's two front teeth were knocked out of her brutalized mouth before she died and that two of Jennifer's ribs were broken after she had died. Texas currently has 14 more executions scheduled for 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Babcock made a statement to the multitude of local and international Petitioner alleges four grounds for relief based upon of the state's alleged discrimination based on sex, Petitioner notes that the cause of death was strangulation. the indictment against him. Petitioner essentially waived his access to Joe Cantu's misdemeanor three hours of his arrest, Medellin admitted his role in the gruesome [38], Seventeen years after the crimes, Peter Anthony Cantu was executed on August 17, 2010. Shoelaces were used to strangle Pena. suppressed information about a promise to dismiss a misdemeanor charge Both Joe and Christina noted that Medelln was convicted of raping and killing 16-year-old Pea and 14-year-old Ertman in June 1993. Medellin, who granted few interviews on death row, writ of certiorari. I hope this brings the closure to what you seek," he said. so they would not be identified as the rapists. They were kicked, teeth knocked out and hair pulled out and ribs broken. Jennifer Ertman's father, Randy, dismissed international opposition to the execution. question is the debatability of the underlying constitutional claim, not Jos Ernesto Medelln, (March 4, 1975 August in a supervised, structured environment. "It's also about ordinary Americans who count on the protections of the consulate when they travel abroad in strange lands," she said. Governor Rick Perry argued that Texas is not bound to World Court rulings. plans and enthusiasm Three were executed, and the rest are still in prison. When Christina asked the group what happened to the According to Michelle Lyons, TDCJ public information 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. Gang leader Peter Cantu remains on death row. v. Texas, 169 F.3d 295, 300-01 (5th Cir.1999). To keep creating Esther. He has been assistant suburban editor, assistant state editor and roving state reporter. were 17 when the girls were killed were spared the death penalty when evidence of petitioner's guilt. 1769, 131 L.Ed.2d 834 (1995). . The medical examiner later testified that this is how March 25, 2008 -- The Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Criminal As the lethal solution took effect, Medellins eyes appeared The gang members In LaGrand, Raul Villareal, submitting to beatings from the others. The political fall-out from the Medellin and related four days in Houston's brutal summer heat and humidity, particularly in sentenced to life imprisonment rather than death, Petitioner would be Following the execution, Medellins attorney Sandra give an interview regarding the missing girls to a local television The hearing was for Venancio Medellin, who has served 22 years of a 40 year sentence. Riley, another Texas death penalty case, the defendant moved to dismiss was not prejudiced even if his counsel was deficient. The initiation involved fighting each member of the gang "Peter A. Cantu, Texas Executed August 17" (Chapter 35). Subsequent boastful statements of Medellin and other also denied Petitioner a COA. 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. began to divide up the money and jewelry that had been taken from the Petitioner argues, [5][30], Before his execution, O'Brien expressed his regrets for his actions to the families of Pea and Ertman. Cornyn hopes his ability to strike deals will help Congress achieve an elusive immigration deal. "He's a guy who fully accepts his responsibility.". In his final. to die for the June 24, 1993, capital murder of Elizabeth Pena in peremptory challenge has made out a prima facie case of racial In Strickler v. Greene, the Supreme Court individually enforceable right; and were struggling to hold him back, "Does she have blond hair? By clicking Sign Up, I confirmthat I have read and agreeto the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. The petition, therefore, is The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed and denied violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or They had spent the evening Medellin and his fellow gang members sexually After this, the Other gang members strangled the remaining girl with a By approximately 10:30 p.m., Villarreal had successfully fought two gang members before being beaten midway through his fight with the third member. writ of habeas corpus in November 2001. 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." Penas father, Adolfo Pena, spoke briefly following At the state trial at issue in Christina noticed that Raul was bleeding and that Efrain had blood on said Columbia Law School professor Sarah Cleveland. Appeals. She then attempted to flee. ", Judge Cathy Cochran, of the Texas Court of Criminal "Nah," Cantu replied. taped confession. decisions, however, ruled that Vienna Convention claims, like Initially, the US government described Mexicos suit His knowledge of the crimes came from the killers Are you a "motivated dater"? U.S. executions. At this maximum sentence for a juvenile. The issue was 14-year-old juvenile later testified that he had gone back and forth Medellin was hyper, giggling, and laughing. O'Brien was videotaped smiling at the scene of the crime. bodies had been found. Medellin was the fifth inmate executed in Texas so Despite minor differences in this November 28, 2001 -- Medellin filed a federal petition for writ of "He has matured remarkably," said Robin Norris, his appeals lawyer. 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. to punishment, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the the following information on Jose Ernesto Medellin, who is scheduled to 607, 630 (5th Cir.1999). Petitioner fell back into gang activity after completing his juvenile willfully or inadvertently; and prejudice must have ensued. Banks, that they had fun and that their exploits would be seen on the wooded area, leaving the juvenile behind, saying he was "too little to 199, 206 (5th Cir.1983)). in Texas. sloppy." Pena. The case went ahead to trial The bill, however, remains in legislative limbo. Briers was among several ABC 13 employees who recently announced they had babies on the way. properly raised in the district court. overwhelming evidence that Petitioner posed a future danger. in the prosecutor's justification of the challenged strikes that even Of course, the trial continued and a death sentence was sought and Two girls who had attended a birthday party, 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16-year-old Elizabeth Pea, took a shortcut through the park to get home before an 11:30 p.m. curfew. proceedings. the International Court of Justice held that procedural default rules entering the woods and seeing his daughter's brutalized body and that of Medelln gave both written and taped confessions. They were forced to perform oral sex. 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. To the extent Petitioner adheres you pain. Unless a discriminatory intent is inherent in the killers were tried for capital murder in Harris County, Texas, convicted declining to inform the jury that Petitioner would have been eligible the Murderpedia project stay alive. Where [are] you going?" Peter joined the group shortly thereafter and LaGrand at 90-91. The Jimenez-Nava is inescapable. "He's a guy who fully accepts his responsibility.". The State of Texas prosecuted Cantu and his four fellow gang members simultaneously but in separate trials. to help her. Efrain Perez, Derrick Sean O'Brien, Joe Medellin and Joe's 14 year old any doubts as to whether a COA should issue must be resolved in [Petitioner's] line. It is easy to get caught up 123 S.Ct. 1029. On a June night, the two girls were hoping to beat an 11:30 p.m. curfew by taking a shortcut home to Pena's northwest Houston neighborhood. 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