Hispanic inmate Ramiro Gonzáles receives stay of execution but he can’t donate a kidney

• Ramiro Gonzáles is granted a stay of execution.
• The inmate wanted to donate one of his kidneys.
• The stay had nothing to do with the organ donation.

HE MAY BE SAVED BY FALSE TESTIMONY. On Monday, Ramiro Gonzáles received good news when he learned that his request for a stay of execution was accepted days before it was set to be carried out. The execution was scheduled for July 13, but the court of appeals has delayed it.

Gonzáles was convicted of fatally shooting 18-year-old Bridget Townsend, a Southwest Texas woman. Her remains were found by authorities two years after her disappearance; Now, authorities must review his sentence after his lawyers contended that a mental health professional’s testimony was inaccurate.

RAMIRO GONZÁLES EXECUTION DELAYED

On Monday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reported that the execution of Ramiro Gonzáles will be delayed, just days from its scheduled date. According to the document that was made official this afternoon, the delay in his sentence was not due to his request to donate a kidney, but because the professional evaluation that was previously done is being questioned.

The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty reported that Gonzales’ execution will be delayed in a recent tweet. Regardless of his request to donate a kidney, thousands of people signed a petition asking Greg Abbott to stop the execution, which was scheduled for July 13.

Why was his execution delayed?

The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, shared the federal jury order to delay the execution of Ramiro Gonzáles. According to the statement, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that the stay should be immediate and the sentence should be reconsidered.

“We are so relieved the state of Texas will not execute Ramiro Gonzales on Wednesday, July 13. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay and ordered the trial court to consider his claim of false testimony by the state’s expert at trial,» the tweet said.

Did a psychiatrist treat him?

The Death Row Watcher account announced that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had granted the stay, because a psychiatrist who treated Gonzales did not make a true evaluation. They also pointed out that unreliable data was used to predict whether the defendant would commit more crimes if freed.

“Texas — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution to #RamiroGonzales. The stay was due to the fact that the psychiatrist that deemed Gonzales to be a future danger used now-unreliable data on recidivism and sexual assault.»

Was he going to donate a kidney?

On Monday, days before the execution sentence of Ramiro Gonzáles, it was announced that the request he made to postpone his execution in order to donate a kidney had been denied. According to the details, the prisoner had asked the governor of Texas to postpone his sentence for 180 days. This request is a way to make amends for murdering the young woman, CNN reported.

On June 29, Gonzáles sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott through his lawyers asking to postpone his execution and announced his request to donate an organ to a stranger in accordance with his efforts to atone for his crimes,” CNN reported.

Were there compatible recipients for his kidney?

Although Ramiro Gonzáles’ request was initially denied by the authorities, and it was established that his execution date would not change, his lawyers were hopeful that there was still a possibility of delaying the execution for a short time because there are two compatible recipients who could benefit from the kidney donation.

According to CNN, two people have been identified who could benefit from organ donation. One of them appears to be a cancer survivor in Bellingham, Washington, with the same rare blood type as Gonzalez, and who has waited about four years in «hope for a life-saving kidney transplant.»

Why was his request denied?

The denial of his request for organ donation is due to the fact that the execution date was too close to the organ donation request. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice objected to Ramiro Gonzáles’ wish, though he was allowed to carry out the preliminary health studies. Unfortunately the first person who was targeted for his donation did not share his blood type, CNN reported.

The agency objected to an altruistic kidney donation because it could introduce an «uncertain timeline, thereby possibly interfering with the court-ordered execution date,» Gonzales’ attorneys said of the response they got, according to CNN. Filed Under: They reject execution Ramiro Gonzáles

What was Ramiro Gonzáles’ crime?

Ramiro Gonzales would have been executed on July 13 for fatally shooting Bridget Townsend, 18, a Southwest Texas woman whose remains were found nearly two years after she disappeared in 2001, The Associated Press reported. He confessed to murdering and sexually abusing Townsend.

Gonzalez was sentenced to two life terms for the kidnapping and rape of a Bandera County woman when he told authorities they could find Townsend’s remains at her family’s ranch in neighboring Medina County, the AP reported. Apparently, the young woman was the girlfriend of Gonzáles’s drug supplier, so in an attempt to rob her he ended up kidnapping her and murdering her. Filed Under: They reject execution Ramiro Gonzáles