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He was the second person to be executed in the state this year

Texas death row inmate executed for 2001 murder and rape, victim's family finds closure. Second execution in Texas this year.

Ramiro Gonzales will be put to death next Wednesday, unless the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommends clemency.

A man on death row in Texas has asked the state to delay his execution so that he can donate a kidney.

The jury sentenced Gonzales to death after a prosecution expert testified that he posed a future danger to society. The expert now says his data was wrong.

An appeals court has stayed this week’s execution of a death row inmate who had raised questions about whether prosecutors had presented false and inaccurate testimony from an expert on whether he would commit more crimes in the future

Texas plans to execute Gonzales this week even though the expert witness says he isn’t a threat to society, write Maurice Chammah and Keri Blakinger