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 ...

Death-row inmate John Henry Ramirez's pastor will be allowed to touch him and pray out loud during Ramirez's execution, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday. His attorney, Seth Kretzer, says the ...

Texas has executed John Henry Ramirez, whose spiritual adviser was allowed to pray aloud and “lay hands” on him as he died after a US Supreme Court ruling led to new guidelines in his case and in ...

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a man on death row in Texas can have his pastor touch him and pray out loud while he is being executed. The decision in Ramirez v. Collier was the latest ...

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 ...

Nov. 9 (UPI) --The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a death penalty case that could set a precedent as to what spiritual advisers in the United States are allowed, or not allowed, to ...

John Henry Ramirez was ready to be put to death on Sept. 8 for the killing of Corpus Christi convenience store clerk Pablo Castro in 2004. Ramirez's pastor Dana Moore and his family members – as well ...

The Supreme Court seemed divided Tuesday on whether Texas must allow a pastor to pray aloud and lay hands on a death row inmate at his execution. Approximately 90 minutes of arguments in the case of ...

A Texas death row inmate, John H. Ramirez, asked the justices to let spiritual advisers pray with and lay hands on prisoners as they await execution. By Adam Liptak WASHINGTON — A Texas inmate’s ...