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Texas death row inmate seeks pastor’s touch at execution

US Texas John Henry Ramirez

Houston, Texas, USAP A Texas death row inmate set to be executed Wednesday for killing a convenience store worker more than 17 years ago in a robbery that garnered $US1.25 is asking that his pastor be allowed to lay hands on him as he dies by lethal injection.  The request by John Henry Ramirez, 37, […]

In the US, death-row inmate sues for pastor’s touch during execution

US death row John Henry Ramirez

Corpus Christi, TexasAP A Texas death-row inmate has sued state prison officials to allow his pastor to lay hands on him as he dies from a lethal injection. John Henry Ramirez, 37, is scheduled to be put to death in the Texas death chamber on 8th September, but his attorneys said in a federal lawsuit […]