Dear Friends: We have exciting news to share with you tonight: Ramiro Gonzales’s execution has been stopped. Just hours ago, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed Ramiro’s execution, scheduled for Wednesday, because the State’s expert relied on false evidence when he said that Ramiro would be a future danger to society. Thank you for […]
Dear Friends: Ramiro Gonzales is a living, breathing example of our human capacity to transform and heal. And now Ramiro wants to give life to others: Over the past year and a half, on the inspiration of a spiritual counselor, Ramiro has sought to become an in vivo kidney donor, and donate his kidney as […]
Dear Friends: When Ramiro Gonzales was tried for a capital crime he committed when he was barely 18 years old, psychiatrist Edward B. Gripon testified for the prosecutor that Ramiro posed a future danger to society. Dr. Gripon now says he was wrong; Ramiro should live. After conducting another psychiatric evaluation of Ramiro this year, […]
Dear Friends: We have exciting news to share with you! Today, the Court of Criminal Appeals granted relief for TDS client Juan Segundo, and modified his capital sentence to life imprisonment because he is intellectually disabled. At TDS, we protect the most vulnerable in our society—those with extreme mental illness, intellectual disability, and cognitive impairments—from […]
Dear Friends: Listen to her words. And then join her call. Please watch this video from a correctional officer who works on Texas’s death row. She is calling on the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to save Ramiro Gonzales’s life. And then join your voice with hers. Please email the Board of Pardons and […]
Dear Friends, “Love, mercy, grace, forgiveness, all these actions of God—that’s what’s really, really been so instrumental in my life.” These are the words of Ramiro Gonzales, a man the State of Texas plans to execute on July 13. Please watch this video about Ramiro’s life. Today—and in the coming weeks—we will be sharing his […]
