An inmate in a prison Texas He asked for his death by lethal injectionscheduled for July 13, is delayed in order to donate a kidney.
In a letter, lawyers for Ramiro Gonzales they asked the governor Greg Abbott that delay the execution for a month so that his client can be considered a living donor “for someone who urgently needs a kidney transplant”.
Ramiro Gonzales39, was sentenced to death for the murder of Bridget Townsend, 18, on January 15, 2001, the newspaper said this Saturday. The New York Post.
According to the authorities, Ramiro Gonzales, who was also 18 at the time, kidnapped and sexually assaulted Townsend before shooting him. Gonzales has been in prison since 2006.
Donation Candidate
It also indicates the Post that attorneys Thea Posel and Raoul Schonem told Governor Abbott that a University of Texas transplant team found Gonzales to be an “excellent candidate” for donation because of his rare blood type.
“Pretty much all that’s left is surgery to remove Ramiro’s kidney,” a process that will take a month, lawyers told Abbott.
They also sent the governor a letter of Cantor Michael Zoosmana Jewish cleric who has been in contact with the inmate.
“I have no doubt that Ramiro’s desire to be an altruistic kidney donor is not motivated by a last-minute attempt to stop or delay his execution“, he points out.
“I will go to my grave believing in my heart that this is something Ramiro wants to do to help his soul be right with his God,” Zoosman said in his letter.
The New York newspaper also indicates that a prior request for Ramiro Gonzales to donate was turned down earlier this year without an explanation from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. (EFE)
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