TEXAS, UNITED STATES.-John Henry Ramírez, Will be the first Hispanic executed so far in 2021, after the date set for his conviction in United States, although he filed a lawsuit in which he asked that his pastor be with him during his last hours and be denied.
And it is that after the death penalty was suspended in 2020 during the coronavirus crisis. Ramirez will receive the lethal injection in prison Walls United in Huntsville, Texas, after confessing to his crime.
Ramirez demanded that his pastor be allowed to be with him in his last moments, as he is a devout Christian and wanted him to Dara Moore, pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Body of Christ, of which he has been a part for the past five years, accompanied him and laid his hands on him, which represents a symbolic act of spiritual blessing.
The Department of Criminal Justice denied the request and said previous protocols indicate the pastor will go to jail, but will not be able to have direct and personal contact with Ramirez during the execution.
LEA: The inmate who was denied one last wish after stabbing a man for a dollar
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According to the indictment, Ramirez stabbed Pablo Castro, 45, 29 times, then checked his pockets and fled with his accomplices with $ 1 25 cents in 2004.
When terrible thing happened he was 20 years old. The Hispanic admitted to killing someone, but denies it was during a robbery.
He claims that on the night of the event, he and two friends went out to steal to buy drugs and robbed other people, but he has stated that this was a fight in Castro.