Texas loss of life row inmate executed – Ramiro Gonzalez, 41, sentenced to loss of life in 2006 for raping and murdering Bridget Townsend, once they have been each 18 – Executed by deadly injection
An American who was convicted of murdering a lady in 2001 was executed yesterday within the state of Texas, within the southern USA.
Ramiro Gonzalez, now 41, was sentenced to loss of life in 2006 for the rape and homicide of Bridget Townsend, once they have been each 18 years outdated.
He was executed by deadly injection and died at 18:50 (native time, 02:50 this morning Cyprus time), in response to a press release from the Texas authorities.
That is the second execution on this state because the starting of the 12 months and the eighth within the US, aside from the one which was canceled on the final minute on February 28 in Idaho as a result of the deadly injection was not administered to the condemned particular person throughout the time restrict set by the regulation.
Gonzalez kidnapped, raped and shot and killed Townsend, the girlfriend of the person he equipped medication to, in January 2001.
The case was solved 18 months later when Gonzalez was jailed after pleading responsible to raping one other girl and confessing to the homicide, main authorities to the situation of the physique.
Final-ditch appeals by his legal professionals to the Texas judiciary after which to the US Supreme Courtroom have been rejected.
The 41-year-old's legal professionals have argued of their appeals that to ensure that somebody to be sentenced to loss of life in Texas, jurors should discover that he’s vulnerable to committing violent acts once more.
The psychiatrist who examined Gonzalez when he was on trial, Dr. Edward Grippon, whose testimony performed a decisive position within the verdict, revised his preliminary evaluation when he met with him once more in 2021. On the time, he dominated that he “not poses a risk or a future danger to society”.
In 2023, there have been 24 executions within the USA.
The loss of life penalty has been abolished in 23 of the 50 states. Six others (Arizona, California, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee) have imposed moratoriums on executions by governor's order.
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