Ramirez was found guilty of murdering 46-year-old Pablo Castro at a shop by stabbing him 29 times during a robbery. He was arrested 3½ years after the incident.
And now – Ramirez wants his pastor Dana Moore, of the Second Baptist Church to pray for him as he is killed by the State.
The pastor has been visiting the prisoner for the last four years.
Prison officials does not want direct physical contact during lethal injection saying it’s a security risk, adding that praying out loud could disrupt the process.
There are concerns that many death row inmates are asking for their spiritual advisers to be present when they are being executed – but prison officials are keen to discourage it. Meanwhile, the high court in Texas said inmates were free to have spiritual counseling at the time of death.