Texas man executed by lethal injection after US supreme court denies stay | Texas

A Texas man who admitted that he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed the 18-year-old girlfriend of his drug dealer was executed on Wednesday.Ramiro Gonzales, 41, was pronounced dead at 6.50pm following a chemical injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the January 2001 killing of Bridget Townsend.Gonzales was repeatedly apologetic to the victim’s relatives in his last statement from the execution chamber. Just before he spoke, a spiritual adviser sang a prayer, resting her left hand on his chest.“I can’t put into words the pain I have caused y’all, the hurt, what…