Texas death row inmate John Henry Ramirez is seen in 2021 in the visitation area of the Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas.
Mandatory Credit:	Matthew Busch/The New York Times/Redux

Texas death row inmate John Henry Ramirez is seen in 2021 in the visitation area of the Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas.
Mandatory Credit: Matthew Busch/The New York Times/Redux

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A Texas pastor welcomed a death row inmate into his church and is set to pray over him at his execution

Once a month, Pastor Dana Moore gets into his car and drives 300 miles across Texas to Livingston, where he walks into a state prison, takes off his belt and shoes and is ushered through a metal detector before stepping through metal gates that clang shut behind him.