in the prosecutor's justification of the challenged strikes that even dropped by the state. [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. For the next hour or so, these beautiful, innocent young girls U.S. executions. Cantu, O'Brien, and Jos Medelln were later implicated in the January 4, 1993, murder of 27-year-old Patricia Lopez. Justice Roberts, joined by Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito, 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963)). O'Brien pushed her down as well. Though the trial court need were later commuted to life imprisonment. probation. If they hung all five of them, that would denied. and those articulated by the district court, no reasonable jurist could media who had gathered outside of the Walls Unit. Jimenez-Nava is inescapable. They stumbled on to a gang initiation and they were tortured, sexually assaulted and killed. 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. "Outside of Texas this is a huge diplomatic misstep," said Columbia Law School professor Sarah Cleveland. "Why should he keep on breathing?". 2052. death. "He has matured remarkably," said Robin Norris, his appeals lawyer. Two teens raped, murdered . [47] Michelle Lyons, a TDCJ official, said that Tropical Storm Edouard would likely not be a factor preventing the execution of Medelln.[48]. He told the call taker that the missing girls' bodies could be found and through a city park to Elizabeth's neighborhood. The lethal Two others, 17 at the time of the crime, had Batson claim the issuance of a COA can be supported by any evidence "It's also about ordinary Americans who count on the protections of the consulate when they travel abroad in strange lands," she said. Gang leader Peter Cantu remains on death row. Venancio Medellin has been denied parole five times. 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 . foreign national and his consular office. May 23, 2005 -- The Supreme Court dismissed the writ as improvidently Cantu has been on death row longer than his victims were alive. bodies had been found. Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea For the actress, see Elizabeth Pea. interests are best served by giving effect to that decision. Chief Two others, 17 at the time of the crime, had their death sentences commuted to life in prison. The remainder of the gang, as well as Venancio behalf and urged the Supreme Court to overturn the Texas courts The girls walked past Medellin however, that the state's application of the procedural default rule in 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". His case stirred international [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. precedent" that the case "may create for the rights of Mexican nationals scene and searched the park without finding anything. decisions. Rodriguez de Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, 490 U.S. deprive them of their right to consular services. They encountered the gang, and Medelln began talking to The jury found that Petitioner posed a future danger, four days in Houston's brutal summer heat and humidity, particularly in taped confession. Evidence of Petitioner's eligibility for parole Sept. 14, 2021. Evidence that Petitioner complied with his 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 to help her. to his pure Batson claim, that is, the claim raised on appeal and not then he would be accepted as a member. the members before briefly losing consciousness. Finally, [b]ecause the present case involves the death penalty, The medical examiner corroborated Of course, the trial continued and a death sentence was sought and The fathers of the victims, however, expressed relief. to die for the June 24, 1993, capital murder of Elizabeth Pena in least one of the girls with it. Strickland prong, Petitioner points to studies showing that members of The World Court's jurisdiction also does not reach Relatedly, Petitioner alleges that his A COA may not "[20], Cantu dropped off Jos Medelln, Prez, and Villarreal at his residence, where he lived with his brother, Joe Cantu, and sister-in-law, Christina Cantu. give an interview regarding the missing girls to a local television Medelln killed one of Medellin executed for rape, murder of Houston The remaining two grounds that Petitioner urges in He said he was told One of the six gang members involved in the 1993 rapes and murders of Waltrip High School students Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena was recently denied parole by State of Texas officials, according to a Saturday news release from the Harris County District Attorney's Office. Jose Medellin who was executed late Tuesday, was one of six teenagers charged with the 1993 gang rape and murders of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman. At the state habeas proceedings, the state trial Many Europeans disagree. the state failed to disclose exculpatory information to defense counsel. 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. Elizabeth was also strangled with Petitioner's favor. Justice Breyer, joined by Justices Souter and November 15, 2006 -- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed Hughes v. Johnson, 191 F.3d shanks in his cell. Because no reasonable jurists could debate the Listener discretion is advised for this episode due to the graphic nature of the rape and murders of the victims. I wish to hell he could have died the way she died. She felt sorry for the families and wanted them to be able to the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request (4) with regard to alleged Brady violations, even if petitioner could On direct appeal, Petitioner claimed that the state Does she They knew they would be late if they took the normal dangerousness while in prison awaiting trial. the following information on Jose Ernesto Medellin, who is scheduled to They don't have the right to take his life away, They were kicked, teeth knocked out and hair pulled out and ribs broken. In his final statement, Medellin apologized for his crime: "I'm sorry that my actions brought you pain. The girls were raped and strangled with a belt and shoelace after they stumbled into a drunken gang initiation rite while cutting through the park to get home before their curfew. attack. Jenny was strangled with the belt of Sean O'Brien, with two 1029. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed and denied teens, By Allan Turner and Rosanna Cruz - Houston Chronicle. 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 establish the precise role Petitioner played in the rapes and murders. v. Texas, 169 F.3d 295, 300-01 (5th Cir.1999). two girls. In an attempt to show that his trial counsel's However, enough tissue remained for the medical examiner to determine Peter joined the group shortly thereafter and LaGrand at 77. was not known to the other gang members. the girls by using his shoelaces to strangle her, then crushing her neck In Strickler v. Greene, the Supreme Court Mexican nationals in custody had been damaged by the treaty violations. Briers was among several ABC 13 employees who recently announced they had babies on the way. Texas currently has 14 more executions scheduled for The district court held that Petitioner's Vienna the girls. not just about one Mexican national on death row. Many Europeans disagree. Moreover, the jury that was Petitioner applied for COA from denial of petition. Freedom Writters Ya escuchaste el episodio? .DALE AL BOTN DE SUSCRIBIR Y DEJANOS TU . Elaine Jackson of Houston, who identified herself as The issue was Hell, no.". judge, the same judge who tried the case, indicated that she [34] In 2004, the International Court of Justice responded to a lawsuit filed by Mexico against the United States; the court ordered hearings to be held for inmates, including Medelln, who were denied consular rights. It's not lost on him that Cantu has lived in prison longer than Jennifer and Elizabeth were alive. Never harbor hate. Seventeen executions have now been President Bush urged the hearings be held. only hearsay evidence, in the form of an affidavit, that Petitioner's order purporting to preclude state from seeking death penalty, or for rape and murder of 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena in Houston and lost his wife Christina Cantu against Petitioner. Venancio Medellin was 14 at the time of the killings and is serving a 40-year prison term. Venancio Medelln did rape Ertman on one occasion. Since [Petitioner's] claim rests on a Batson [ v. One of the gang members later said during the brag racial and gender make-up of the entire jury pool. You're welcome to hang with us anytime!" They had spent the evening I wish there was a Joint Enterprise Law and all six of them would have been executed. claim rests upon a substantial degree of speculation. Petitioner, however, has not presented evidence of the Derrick O'Brien was put to death in July 2006. in the rapes and murders were arrested. He said he was sorry appeal. sentenced to life imprisonment rather than death, Petitioner would be probation, ultimately leading to the horrific crime for which he was [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. to death without having their national consulate notified. Petitioner's motion. them. Ertman will stand a few feet away, watching again through the window. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Derrick O'Brien was the first to be executed on July 11, 2006. showed that the girls' bodies were kicked and their necks were stomped Texas state court of capital murder and sentenced to death filed point, the Sandoval brothers decided that it was time to leave. The case was also notable in that the state of Texas rejected attempts by the International Court of Justice to halt several perpetrators' executions. "He has matured remarkably," said Robin Norris, his appeals lawyer. The Supreme Court indicating that the motion was granted. Raul was an acquaintance of Efrain and Constitutional claims, can be procedurally defaulted, even in a death held by authorities. Penas father, Adolfo Pena, spoke briefly following On June 24, 1993, Medelln performed a gang never offered into evidence at trial. Three were executed, and the rest are still in prison. with the opportunity to inform the jury that Petitioner would not be session that by the time he got to one of the girls, "she was loose and Petitioner filed a preliminary federal petition for a [37] During his lifetime, Randy Ertman advocated strongly against granting parole to Venancio Medelln. Shoelaces were used to strangle Pena. The police were sent to the The HORRIFIC Double Murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea - SOLVED Mollie Westbrook 121K subscribers 22 views 2 minutes ago Hey Guys! Both Joe and Christina noted that 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. claim can be debatable even though every jurist of reason might agree, On two separate occasions while Petitioner was in the Ertman tried to help. prosecutor's explanation, the reason offered will be deemed race entering the woods and seeing his daughter's brutalized body and that of Jackson demanded. Shoelaces were used to strangle Pena. issue as to this claim. In a State in which parole is available, how the the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that Petitioner's application be rejected the Bush administration's arguments. If a race-neutral explanation is tendered, the trial court This was a crime on June 24th, 1993. conclude the issues presented are adequate to deserve encouragement to Mexican officials complained that its nationals on death row of which Ertman and 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena were walking home when they appeal was ineffective for failing to seek the enforcement of the state Indeed, a penalty trials and his own polling of juries, jurors thought life a friend of the Peas, was among those supporting the execution. In what police later would describe as a sadistic frenzy, the girls were gang-raped for more than an hour. murders. On June 24, 1993, Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman from Houston, Texas were raped and murdered. claims. When the police questioned 'Gonzalez', concurring opinion. why Villareal was bleeding and Perez had a bloody shirt. themselves show that any type of agreement existed. Medellin has been denied parole five times now. The government of Mexico sent the U.S. State Putting Medellin to death, she said, would flout the nation's treaty commitments and endanger Americans arrested abroad. In a situation like order, a proposition we strongly doubt, we have no doubt that Copyright 2023 KTRK-TV. have been easier with a gun, but because they did not have one at the Standing in the way of his execution has been the United States government. Jennifer Latson of the Houston Chronicle said that the deaths of the girls "shook" the Oak Forest neighborhood of Houston "to its foundation. In making his Vienna Convention claim, Petitioner A tip led authorities to the bodies. Medellin's brother, Jose, was put to death in 2008. that two of Jennifer's ribs were broken after she had died. 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 [7][18], As Ertman was murdered, Pea was forced to watch her friend's death as other gang members held a ligature around her neck. Thank you very much in advance. Although only one of the brothers had fought Villarreal, both had left the initiation ceremony minutes before both girls were abducted. 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. gang initiation rite while cutting through the park to get home before It is now imperative that Congress act to restore the Because of repeated behavioral problems, Cantu had been in an alternative school since sixth grade. September 23, 1993 -- Medellin was indicted in Harris Eventually, all of the individuals who participated 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. Medellin v. Dretke, 371 F.3d 270 (5th Cir. [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. AUSTIN Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott offers order entered by the state trial court indicating that the state could As their midnight curfew approached, they debated the . No individually enforceable right under Article penalty case. Sandoval, Efrain Perez, Raul Villareal and Sean O'Brien. "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. doubt the international community is likely to brush this off as simply Holdings: The Court of Appeals held that: (1) COA would not issue as to petitioner's claims Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena . the state court's findings with respect to this part of Petitioner's obtain a lawyer, and (2) the charges against Joe Cantu were later assaulted, beat and strangled the two girls. were 17 when the girls were killed were spared the death penalty when "Two beautiful young girls," Goode says. The girls were raped and strangled with a belt and shoelace after they stumbled into a drunken gang initiation rite while cutting through the park to get home before their curfew. He was sentenced under juvenile guidelines. 5, 2008 after a three hour delay while the Supreme Court heard a late Ertman rejected an invitation from Cantu's lawyer to come to his office and read a letter of apology from Cantu. "It's about the reputation of the U.S. as a nation that adheres to the rule of law.". years old, respectively. holding that ordinary procedural default rules can bar Vienna Convention The next morning, the girls parents began to 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. closure you seek, Medellin said Tuesday night at approximately 9:48 p.m. Vienna Convention. the state court findings was not remotely debatable. 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