‘It’s part of my faith’: Death row inmate calls for pastor to lay hands on him during execution – Guardian

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John Henry Ramirez does not want to die alone. The Texas prisoner knows that at his execution, scheduled for Wednesday evening, he will be able to see witnesses through a pane of glass. A stoic prison official will probably be standing near his head. But as a devout Protestant Christian, he wants his pastor to lay a hand on him as he dies.

Keri Blakinger and Maurice Chammah for the Marshall Project - Guardian. 7 September 2021

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