John Henry Ramirez was 20-years-old when he brutally murdered Pablo Castro and wasn’t arrested until 2008. He was convicted for the murder of Castro and has been on death row since 2008.
John Henry Ramirez was convicted for the murder of Pablo Castro, who was taking out the trash from his convenience store 20 years ago.
As per the reports, John stabbed Pablo 29 times during a series of robberies in which he, alongside two women, sought money following a three-day drug binge.
In an Interview in 2008 with BBC, Ramirez stated that he and the other two women were smoking weed, taking cocaine, prescription pills, also drinking vodka that night.
Pablo Castro Murder Update: John Henry Ramirez Death Row Execution
John Henry Ramirez had been on death row since 2008 over the 2004 murder and robbery. He was then under alcohol and drugs alongside two other women.
In August, Ramirez sued prison officials for prohibiting his advisor pray over him. As a devout Protestant, John wanted his spiritual advisor to lay his hands on him during his execution.
The Supreme Court had voted 8-1 in favor of his request, while John Roberts’s justice stated the plea is perhaps the latest iteration in an eighteen-year pattern of evasion.
As a Protestant, the laying of hands of his spiritual advisor is a symbolic act to confer a spiritual blessing. Previously the court denied his request to have his pastor place his hands on him during his execution.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court finally sided with a Texas death row inmate, Ramirez, seeking to have his spiritual advisor be allowed to pray out loud and touch him during his execution.
John Henry Ramirez Wiki And Documentary
John Henry Ramirez had been on death row since 2008 over the murder of a convenience store worker nearly 20 years ago and further robbing him of $1.25.
The high court’s 8-1 decision won’t spare thirty-seven-year-old Ramirez from being executed by lethal injection after stabbing Corpus Christi Convenience store worker Pablo Castro 29 times in a 2004 robbery.
Initially, the justice’s vote denied the request of Ramirez on allowing the spiritual advisor to be present in the death chamber even without speaking or touching the inmate.
It was rejected as allowing Ramirez to be touched could interfere with the IV lines that carry the drugs used to carry out the execution.
At the murder, Ramirez was under alcohol and drugs along with two other women, namely Angela Rodriguez and Christina Chavez.
They smoked weed, took prescription pills, cocaine, and drank vodka that night. In a BBC interview, he said that Rodriguez was fighting with a man, and he got involved in it trying to separate them.
Where Is John Henry Ramirez Now?
John Henry Ramirez is in prison and has been on death row since 2008 over the murder and robbery of Pablo Castro. According to the Texas Department, John beat and kicked Castro and finally stabbed him 29 times with a 6-inch knife.
He, alongside two women, soon left the scene with $1.25. The two women, Angela and Christina, were quickly arrested after the crime, while Ramirez wasn’t arrested until 2008.
During his sentencing in 2009, one of Pablo’s sons said that he was getting what he deserved. Ramirez had no remorse, Aaron Castro claimed.
Growing up, Ramirez had an abusive father who stabbed his mother multiple times when he was very young. In an interview, Ramirez said that he was surrounded by gang activity which led him to join the Marines.
Pablo was a married man and had nine children. He had worked at the convenience store for more than a decade when Ramirez brutally killed him.
If Ramirez is executed over 2004 robbery and murder, he would be the first inmate put to death this year in Texas, also the fourth in the US.