Texas Executes Convicted Murderer After Two-Decade-Long Quest for Justice

Huntsville, Texas – Ramiro Gonzales, a Texas death row inmate, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 2001 murder and sexual assault of 18-year-old Bridget Townsend. Gonzales, 41, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m., culminating a lengthy series of appeals, including to the U.S. Supreme Court, which were to no avail. Townsend vanished in January 2001, with her remains being discovered nearly two years later in a …

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