Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A death row inmate who beat a shop worker to death as he robbed him for less than £1 earned a stay of execution – because of a legal row over whether or not his priest could touch him as he died.The U.S.
Supreme Court decided to block John Henry Ramirez's execution just three hours after he could have been executed. Ramirez was condemned for viciously stabbing 46-year-old Pablo Castro, who worked at a convenience store in Corpus Christi.
The murderer was being held in a tiny holding cell next to the Texas death chamber when he was told of the reprieve by Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark.Clark said: "He was quiet when I let him know."He shook his head and said:.
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