In the days leading up to his execution, Texas death row prisoner John Henry Ramirez seeks redemption from his victim’ | dG1feURrOVZ4ZTJkNlk
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00:00We each have our own free will.
00:05I'll never be able to make amends for taking a life.
00:08I'm a murderer. I'll never overcome it.
00:14I was 14.
00:15I remember waking up to police sirens and lights
00:19and seeing my father's body on the ground.
00:24This man stabbed somebody 29 times.
00:27The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
00:29unanimously denied clemency for John Henry Ramirez.
00:32In the interest of justice,
00:33our office shouldn't be involved in murdering Texas citizens.
00:40I just had all the anger and hate in the world.
00:45He always said,
00:46I'm going to be a better father than my dad.
00:49I don't think if I would have stayed free,
00:51he would have grown up to be who he is right now.
00:54John asked me,
00:56would you be my godmother?
00:58He is just not that person he was then.
01:01Due process was done.
01:02Now we're changing our moral judgment.
01:05What will you gain if I die?
01:07If I sink into the grave?
01:10You're going to just forgive and that's it.
01:12He should pay for what he did.
01:15I made the most changes I could.
01:17I bettered myself as much as I could and that's enough.
01:20I love you.