Faith, Hope, and Love.
Ramiro Gonzales is scheduled to be executed by the State of Texas on July 13, 2022, for the murder of Bridget Townsend. Just 71 days past his 18th birthday at the time of the crime for which he is sentenced to die, Ramiro is one of the youngest persons to be sentenced to death in the United States since 2005 , when the Supreme Court held in Roper v. Simmons that the Constitution bars imposition of the death penalty on anyone under the age of 18.
At the time, Ramiro was gripped by a serious drug addiction rooted in prenatal substance exposure, childhood trauma, and neglect. But today, after more than fifteen years of maturation, reflection, and atonement, Ramiro is an entirely different person, as evidenced by the fact that even the State’s trial expert now believes that Ramiro: