Dear Friends, Today marks World Day Against the Death Penalty. It also marks an important day for us as an organization: our team has saved another person from the death penalty. Our client, originally charged with capital murder, has been sentenced to life in prison. His is the 44th life we have saved from the death […]
Dear Friends, We are heartbroken to share that our client Ramiro Gonzales was killed last night by the State of Texas, after the United States Supreme Court denied his lawyers’ final plea for his life. Thank you to the thousands of you who spoke out for Ramiro’s humanity. We find comfort that his story of […]
Dear Friends, Please help save Ramiro Gonzales. Sign the petition calling on the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Abbott to spare his life. Ramiro Gonzales is set to be executed by the State of Texas on June 26, 2024, for a murder he committed just a few months after his 18th birthday. Today a […]
Dear Supporters, So many of you raised your voices to help us halt Ramiro Gonzales’s execution earlier this year. That’s why I wanted to make sure you saw this beautiful article in the New York Times about Ramiro from December 9, 2022. As physician Rachael Bedard writes, “We all are worthy of living, and even though the state […]
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 […]
