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Judge denies district attorney's request to withdraw John Henry Ramirez's execution date
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Texas district judge on Tuesday denied Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez's motion to...
Texas executes inmate who fought prayer, touch rules
Associated Press via AOL· 2 years agoJohn Henry Ramirez challenged state prison rules that prevented his pastor from touching him and praying aloud during his execution, saying his religious...
Texas parole board denies clemency for Corpus Christi death row inmate John Henry Ramirez
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously voted to deny clemency to Corpus Christi death...
Scott Eizember scheduled for execution, Oklahoma denies minister access to chamber
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's note: After the publication of this article, the Oklahoma State Department of Corrections...
Spiritual advisers offering final comfort in execution rooms
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor decades, Missouri executions played out in similar fashion: An inmate was strapped to a gurney...
Texas Death Row Inmate Wants Execution Delayed So He Can Donate A Kidney
Oxygen via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Texas man on death row is seeking a delay in his upcoming execution so that he can donate one of...
Execution set for Ramirez at Huntsville Unit
The Huntsville Item, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 5—Death row inmate John Henry Ramirez is scheduled to be killed at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the Huntsville Unit. Ramirez was sentenced to death for the 2004 robbery-murder of a convenience ...
Judge keeps execution for inmate who sought pastor's touch
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Texas judge on Tuesday denied a request by a district attorney who called capital punishment “unethical” to withdraw the execution date of a death row inmate whose case had raised legal questions ...
Texas executes convicted killer who won religious rights case
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Reuters) -A Texas inmate at the center of a legal battle over religious rights of condemned...
Factbox-U.S. Supreme Court takes broad view of religious rights in key cases
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe court, especially its conservative bloc, has taken a wide view of religious liberty in numerous...