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WASHINGTON (CNS) — John Ramirez, a Texas inmate who won a legal battle with the Supreme Court to have his pastor pray aloud over him and place his hands on him in the execution chamber, was executed by lethal injection Oct. 5.
Ramirez, 38, was given the death sentence for the stabbing murder of a convenience store clerk during a 2004 robbery.
Just before Ramirez was executed at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, the Texas Catholic Conference said in a tweet that it lamented his scheduled execution. The public policy arm of the state’s bishops described the death penalty as “an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.”
The Catholic conference also prayed for the victim’s family and all involved in the case.
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Texas executes inmate who won court battle over prayer in death chamber
Ramirez, 38, was given the death sentence for the stabbing murder of a convenience store clerk during a 2004 robbery.
Just before Ramirez was executed at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, the Texas Catholic Conference said in a tweet that it lamented his scheduled execution. The public policy arm of the state’s bishops described the death penalty as “an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.”
The Catholic conference also prayed for the victim’s family and all involved in the case.
Continued below.
Texas executes inmate who won court battle over prayer in death chamber
