Days After Setting an Execution Date, a Texas Prosecutor Reverses Course John Henry Ramirez, a death row inmate whose religious freedom case gained national attention, may win a reprieve in an unexpected twist.
Supreme Court Rules for Condemned Inmate Who Sought Pastor’s Touch In an 8-to-1 ruling, the court said Texas may not execute John Henry Ramirez, a death row inmate, unless his pastor can pray with and lay hands on him in the death chamber.