jerry pdx I remember watching a crime feature about this case, it was horrifying. I tried to find it on Youtube but couldn't. The thing I remember most was family members of the perps screaming at cameras to leave their boys alone and one of the fathers referring to the girls as "whores" which provoked a near brawl with family members of the girls.
Here is an interesting excerpt from wiki:
José Ernesto 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 prosecutors said that Medellín never told authorities he was a Mexican citizen. Medellín said in a sworn statement that he learned that the Mexican consulate could assist him in 1997.[32] He petitioned the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 1998 regarding this issue; the appeal failed.[3
Medellín's impending execution became an international controversy since the state did not hold a hearing about whether the inability of Medellín to meet with Mexican consular officials harmed his defense. 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.[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 Medellín, who were denied consular rights.[35]
In 2005, President George W. Bush ordered hearings to be held. The State of Texas, represented by Solicitor General Ted Cruz, challenged Bush's order, and the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that only the Congress of the United States has the right to order hearings to be held. In July, the World Court ordered a stay of Medellín's execution
Any surprise that George "I support amnesty for illegal Mex" Bush would order those hearings? Medellin had just turned 18 at the time of the crime but I wonder if he would have claimed to be a DACA type kid. Suddenly after committing rape and murder, he's actually a "Mexican citizen".
Does anyone know when Obamacare will be repealed? I remember President Trump saying during his 2016 campaign that he replace it with "something terrific, you'll love it," but I haven't seen that happen yet. It's been over six years now.
I remember this clear as day. I was living in Houston when this happened. I spoke to a police officer who had been on this case. He told me that Hispanic prison gangs had declared a death sentence on ringleader Peter Cantu because of the nature of the crime. These girls were savagely gang raped, beaten and then strangled with a belt. Ertman was killed first with Pena forced to watch. Cantu then stomped on her throat to exclamate her murder. Both begged for their lives. When George Bush and the World Court tried to interfere with Cantu's execution, then governor Rick Perry told them to take a hike, they had no jurisdiction in his state.
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ReplyDeleteI remember watching a crime feature about this case, it was horrifying. I tried to find it on Youtube but couldn't. The thing I remember most was family members of the perps screaming at cameras to leave their boys alone and one of the fathers referring to the girls as "whores" which provoked a near brawl with family members of the girls.
Here is an interesting excerpt from wiki:
José Ernesto 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 prosecutors said that Medellín never told authorities he was a Mexican citizen. Medellín said in a sworn statement that he learned that the Mexican consulate could assist him in 1997.[32] He petitioned the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 1998 regarding this issue; the appeal failed.[3
Medellín's impending execution became an international controversy since the state did not hold a hearing about whether the inability of Medellín to meet with Mexican consular officials harmed his defense. 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.[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 Medellín, who were denied consular rights.[35]
In 2005, President George W. Bush ordered hearings to be held. The State of Texas, represented by Solicitor General Ted Cruz, challenged Bush's order, and the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that only the Congress of the United States has the right to order hearings to be held. In July, the World Court ordered a stay of Medellín's execution
Any surprise that George "I support amnesty for illegal Mex" Bush would order those hearings? Medellin had just turned 18 at the time of the crime but I wonder if he would have claimed to be a DACA type kid. Suddenly after committing rape and murder, he's actually a "Mexican citizen".
Does anyone know when Obamacare will be repealed? I remember President Trump saying during his 2016 campaign that he replace it with "something terrific, you'll love it," but I haven't seen that happen yet. It's been over six years now.
ReplyDeleteI remember this clear as day. I was living in Houston when this happened. I spoke to a police officer who had been on this case. He told me that Hispanic prison gangs had declared a death sentence on ringleader Peter Cantu because of the nature of the crime. These girls were savagely gang raped, beaten and then strangled with a belt. Ertman was killed first with Pena forced to watch. Cantu then stomped on her throat to exclamate her murder. Both begged for their lives. When George Bush and the World Court tried to interfere with Cantu's execution, then governor Rick Perry told them to take a hike, they had no jurisdiction in his state.
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