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- Lawyers say it stems from his efforts to remedy the murder he committed
wording– Ramiro González, 39, was sentenced to death for the murder of Bridget Townsend in 2001, 21 years later, when he was sentenced to death, 13 days before his execution, he asked that the date be postponed so that he could donate a kidney.
His attorneys asked for a stay in a June 29 letter, writing Gonzales’s request to donate his organ to an unknown person.
González had been in jail since 2006, when at the age of 18 he committed the crime of raping and killing a young woman.
Attorneys Thea Posel and Raoul Schonem told Governor Abbott that a University of Texas transplant team found Gonzales to be an “excellent candidate” for donation because of his blood type.
According to CNN, the department spokesman assured that the request was denied because it is considered an inappropriate action, according to the department’s health care policy.
“I have no doubt that Ramiro’s desire to be an altruistic kidney donor is not motivated by a last minute attempt to stop or delay his execution,” Governor Greg Abbott said.
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