Jennifer Latson of the Houston Chronicle said that the deaths of the girls "shook" the Oak Forest neighborhood of Houston "to its foundation. 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 Medellín, who were denied consular rights. The case was also notable in that the state of Texas rejected attempts by the International Court of Justice to halt the executions of several of the perpetrators. The Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear the case on May 1, 2007. Before the murder happened, City of Houston officials had stated that gangs were not a significant issue in the city. Derrick Sean O'Brien was videotaped smiling at the scene of the crime. After the gang left, Christina Cantu convinced Joe Cantu to report the crime to police. [1], Medellín appealed his execution, saying that he had informed City of Houston and Harris County police officers that he was a Mexican citizen, and that he had been unable to confer with Mexican consular officials. The lethal injection was performed at 6:09 p.m. and at 6:17 p.m. Cantu was pronounced dead. The members then stomped on the girls' throats to ensure their deaths. The parents of the murder victims successfully advocated for the State of Texas allowing relatives of victims to have permission to witness executions. TDCJ refused to allow Kahan to witness the execution. Venancio Medellín, the brother of José Medellín, was 14 at the time of the murder, the same age as Jennifer Ertman. [5][6], The offenders were sentenced into the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) system. 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 Perez and Villareal were commuted to life in prison. Other gang members strangled the other girl with a nylon belt, until the belt snapped. In a case that sparked international debate, Jose Medellin, a Mexican citizen, was executed for the brutal 1993 rapes and murders of two Houston teens, Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman. The initiation involved the new member, Raul Villareal, submitting to beatings from the others. Jester Park in Houston, Texas, along with five others: Peter Cantu, Venancio Medellín, Efrain Perez, Raul Villareal, and Derrick O'Brien. Medellín got a ring with an "E", so he could give it to his girlfriend, Esther. Peter Anthony Cantu, José Ernesto Medellín, Derrick Sean O'Brien, Efrain Perez, and Raul Omar Villarreal received death sentences. [1], Cantu, Medellín, Perez, and Villarreal then met at Cantu's residence, where he lived with his brother, Joe Cantu, and sister-in-law, Christina Cantu. After the gang left, Christina Cantu convinced Joe Cantu to report the crime to police. Randy Ertman, father of Jennifer Ertman, wanted to have Andy Kahan, the City of Houston's crime advocate, witness the execution of Medellín. Randy Ertman has advocated against granting parole to Venancio Medellin. Six gang members raped the girls repeatedly. Peter Cantu, a gang leader, ordered the members to kill the girls, so the members strangled them to death. ", "Medellin executed for rape, murder of Houston teens", http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/medellin1116.htm, "Father of Murdered Girl Questions Bush's Support to Halt Killer's Execution", "Media Advisory: Jose Medellin Scheduled For Execution", Victim's Advocate Won't be Witnessing Execution, "Jose Ernesto Medellin v. Texas (Per Curiam)", "Texas Executes Mexican Despite Objections", Dad confronts parole board to keep daughter's murderer in prison, In Memory of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman - 1993, Murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña, https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Jennifer_Ertman_and_Elizabeth_Peña&oldid=4592958, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2010, Deaths by strangulation in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core.

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