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1. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-us-canada-58503973Top US court halts Texas execution of inmate seeking pastor's ...

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   Sep 9, 2021 · The US Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Texas inmate John Henry Ramirez, who requested the right to have his pastor hold him as he died.

2. www.theatlantic.com › ideas › archiveThe Execution of a Sinner in Texas - The Atlantic

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   Oct 17, 2022 · After he murdered Castro, Ramirez fled to Mexico, where he evaded the law for a few years until agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation captured him near Brownsville, Texas, along the...

3. apps.texastribune.org › death-rowFaces of Death Row - The Texas Tribune

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   Texas is the state with the most active execution chamber by far. Use this interactive to search through the inmates living on death row by the length of their stay, race, age and sex.

4. time.com › 6112978John Ramirez's Pastor on Death Row Religious Liberty Case - TIME

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   Nov 4, 2021 · The 58-year-old Southern Baptist pastor became the spiritual advisor to John Ramirez, a 37-year-old death row prisoner, in 2017. Moore visits Ramirez around once a month; they sit and talk...

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5. www.npr.org › 2021/09/08 › 1035383975Supreme Court Delays The Execution Of Death Row Inmate In ...

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   Sep 9, 2021 · The request by Ramirez, 37, is the latest clash between death row inmates and prison officials in Texas and other states over the presence of spiritual advisers in the death chamber.

6. apnews.com › article › us-supreme-court-texasTexas executes inmate who fought prayer, touch rules

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   Oct 6, 2022 · The Texas death row inmate whose case clarified the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers across the country faces execution on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, amid unsuccessful efforts by a district attorney to stop his lethal injection for killing a convenience store worker during a 2004 robbery.

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   Why did Ramirez hold a hand on a death row inmate?

   • In March, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Ramirez, saying states must accommodate the wishes of death row inmates who want to have their faith leaders pray and touch them during their executions. In the execution chamber, his spiritual adviser, Dana Moore, placed his right hand on the inmate’s chest, and held it there for the duration.

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   Will Ramirez be executed?

   • That may be truer now than usual. Ramirez, 38, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, his latest execution date after several others in recent years were postponed – including once by the US Supreme Court so it could hear Ramirez’s request that Moore be allowed to place hands on the inmate and pray aloud at the time of his death.

   John Ramirez: Texas readies to execute an inmate whose pastor is set to

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   Why did a Texas death row inmate get a reprieve?

   • HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas death row inmate won a reprieve Wednesday evening from execution for killing a convenience store worker during a 2004 robbery that garnered $1.25 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.

   Supreme Court Delays The Execution Of Death Row Inmate In Texas : NPR

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   What happened to John Henry Ramirez?

   • Six more executions are scheduled for later this year in Texas, the nation's busiest capital punishment state. The inmate, John Henry Ramirez, was in a small cell steps from the death chamber when he was told of the reprieve. He had asked to have a pastor touch him and vocalize prayers when he was executed.

   Supreme Court Delays The Execution Of Death Row Inmate In Texas : NPR

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8. www.cnn.com › 2022/10/04 › usA Texas pastor welcomed a death row inmate into his church ...

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   Oct 4, 2022 · Ramirez, 38, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, his latest execution date after several others in recent years were postponed – including once by the US Supreme Court so it could hear...