Offering succour: Spiritual advisers offering final comfort in execution rooms
JIM SALTER, of Associated Press, reports from St Louis in the US…
Updated: Texas executes inmate who fought prayer, touch rules
Updated: 4:10pm (AEST)Houston, US AP A Texas death row inmate whose case redefined the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide was executed Wednesday, despite the efforts of a district attorney to stop his lethal injection. John Henry Ramirez, 38, was executed at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was convicted of killing 46-year-old […]
In the US state of Texas, executions face delays over religious rights claims
Houston, Texas, USAP Executions in the nation’s busiest capital punishment state face delays amid legal questions over Texas’ refusal to allow spiritual advisers to touch inmates and pray aloud as condemned individuals are being put to death. It’s unclear when Texas may carry out another execution after the US Supreme Court’s decision to hear religious freedom claims […]
Texas man gets execution delay over pastor’s touch request
Huntsville, Texas, USAP A Texas death row inmate won a reprieve Wednesday evening from execution for killing a convenience store worker during a 2004 robbery that garnered $US1.25 after claiming the state was violating his religious freedom by not letting his pastor lay hands on him at the time of his lethal injection. The US […]
Texas death row inmate seeks pastor’s touch at execution
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
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 […]