Essay: A Catholic theologian argues for a death row inmate’s right to have the pastor’s touch in the execution chamber
DORIAN LLYWELYN, president of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, argues, in an article first published on The Conversation, highlights in the importance of physical touch for those facing execution…
Another Texas execution delayed on religious freedom claims
Houston, Texas, USAP Another Texas inmate has had his execution delayed over claims the state is violating his religious freedom by not letting his spiritual adviser lay hands on him at the time of his lethal injection. Ruben Gutierrez was set to be executed on 27th October for fatally stabbing an 85-year-old Brownsville woman in […]
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 […]