This cat was on death row longer than either of his victims was alive.
Good riddance.
Posted on 08/18/2010 2:49:55 AM PDT by humblegunner
HUNTSVILLE – The legal saga that began several days after the horrifying murder of two teenage Houston girls in 1993 came to an end Tuesday night with the execution of Peter Anthony Cantu, a former gang leader who all but ordered the execution of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena.
Cantu did not make a final statement. He was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. The parents of Ertman and Pena, supported by other family members and friends, looked on as Cantu stared straight up toward the ceiling, taking one deep breath before he closed his eyes. He did not acknowledge the victims’ families and he had no personal witnesses attending the execution.
Cantu’s execution was the third connected with the case. Two of the six assailants had their death sentences commuted to life in prison when the U.S. Supreme Court barred capital punishment for those who commit crimes under the age of 18. A 14-year-old attacker was given a 40-year sentence.
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This cat was on death row longer than either of his victims was alive.
Good riddance.
Texas gets it right again.
He deserved ole sparky, not the needle.
17 years to rid the earth of this scum?
God bless Texas for preventing anyone else from being hurt by this savage animal ever again.
Too bad, its always such a nice touch when the human excrement "Sincerely" apologizes to the grieving survivors of its evil-NOT!
On the bright side, he’s dead now.
Yes, it’s now highly unlikely he’ll commit any more crimes.
In Massachusetts, he’d be on work release by now.
The crime was one of unbelievable brutality.
Yes it was, I remember the details.
I lived not far from the place where it happened at the time.
I feel so bad for the families. They have to keep returning to parole board hearings to keep the remaining scumbags from getting out.
All six of those scumbags should have been executed. And they all should have been executed a long time ago.
About damn time! ...may Dante be his tour guide.
AMF
Yes, I remember this crime, after all these years. Horrible.
Good riddance, scumwad; you should have stopped costing the citizens money years ago.
Double secret probation. I was serious about him being on work release by now.
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