WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Texas death row inmate seeking to have his pastor be allowed to pray out loud and touch him during his execution. The high court's decision won ...

A Texas death row inmate whose case clarified the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide is set to be executed on Wednesday. John Henry Ramirez, 38, was sentenced to death for the ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — $1.25. That's how much money authorities said John Henry Ramirez got away with when he stabbed store clerk Pablo Castro 29 times during a robbery in 2004, killing him. Ramirez ...

HOUSTON — A 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 ...

A Texas death row inmate whose case redefined the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide was executed Wednesday, despite the efforts of a district attorney to stop his lethal ...

A Texas death row inmate whose case clarified the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide is scheduled for execution Wednesday, despite efforts by a district attorney to stop his ...

Ramirez was sentenced to death for murdering Corpus Christi convenience store clerk Pablo Castro. After a previous execution was halted, Ramirez won a Supreme Court case over death row inmates’ ...

As the lethal drug coursed through John Henry Ramirez’s veins Wednesday night, Pastor Dana Moore laid his hands on the Texas death row inmate’s chest. A prayer rang out as Ramirez was executed in ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — In less than 48 hours, local death row inmate John Henry Ramirez will be executed by the state. The 37-year-old was sentenced to death in 2008 for the fatal stabbing of Pablo ...

A Texas death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday after winning his lengthy Supreme Court battle to have his pastor pray over him as the lethal injection is administered. John Henry Ramirez, 38 ...

Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez said he is ethically opposed to the death penalty, but an employee wrongfully requested the execution date against his wishes. Gonzalez sought to cancel ...