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Texas prepares to execute man as attorneys ask supreme court for stay
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/26/texas-ramiro-gonzales-executionTexas prepares to execute man as attorneys ask supreme court for stay
Ramiro Gonzales was convicted of killing Bridget Townsend, 18, but a witness says he is now a changed man
Associated Press
Wed 26 Jun 2024 08.36 EDT
A Texas man who admitted that he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and fatally shot the 18-year-old girlfriend of his drug dealer was set to be executed on Wednesday.
The remains of Bridget Townsend weren’t found until October 2002, two years after she vanished, when Ramiro Gonzales, having received two life sentences for kidnapping and raping another woman, led authorities to the spot in south-west Texas where he left her body.
His execution by lethal injection was planned for Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
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Gonzales’ lawyers have asked the US supreme court to stay his execution, arguing that he has taken responsibility for what he did and that a prosecution expert witness now says he was wrong in testifying that Gonzales would be a future danger to society, a legal finding needed to impose a death sentence.
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Ramiro Gonzales was convicted of killing Bridget Townsend, 18, but a witness says he is now a changed man
Associated Press
Wed 26 Jun 2024 08.36 EDT
A Texas man who admitted that he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and fatally shot the 18-year-old girlfriend of his drug dealer was set to be executed on Wednesday.
The remains of Bridget Townsend weren’t found until October 2002, two years after she vanished, when Ramiro Gonzales, having received two life sentences for kidnapping and raping another woman, led authorities to the spot in south-west Texas where he left her body.
His execution by lethal injection was planned for Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
[...]
Gonzales’ lawyers have asked the US supreme court to stay his execution, arguing that he has taken responsibility for what he did and that a prosecution expert witness now says he was wrong in testifying that Gonzales would be a future danger to society, a legal finding needed to impose a death sentence.
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