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Texas Sex Offender Executed: Ramon Torres Hernandez Killed For Rape, Murder And Robbery [Twitter Reactions]
The Texas sex offender executed on Wednesday for rape, murder and robbery was the 14th Texas inmate put to death this year. The Texas sex offender executed, Ramon Torres Hernandez, was convicted alongside two others 11 years ago of raping, murdering and robbing Rosa Maria Rosando.
The Texas sex offender executed grabbed and threw Rosa Maria Rosando into a car when she refused to give up her purse. The Texas sex offender executed was bound, gagged and taken to a motel where she was raped, killed and later buried in a shallow grave.
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The Texas sex offender executed was on parole at the time of his arrest for the murder of Rosa Maria Rosando, and was also suspected of killing three teenagers and a12-year-old girl, according to KWTX.
Before he was executed Ramon Torres Hernandez was asked by the warden if he had any last words.
"Sorry for putting you through all this," the Texas sex offender executed said, according to Fox News. "Tell everybody I love them. I'm very sorry for all the pain."
The Texas man executed was then given a fatal dose of pentobarbital, and was declared dead at 6:38 p.m.
The Texas sex offender executed is the 14th inmate executed this year, and the state isn't stopping there. Preston Hughes III is scheduled for execution on Thursday for his role in the murder of two people Houston in 1988.
Most people on Twitter were happy that the Texas sex offender executed was dead.
"@huffpostcrime: Serial rapist put to DEATH huff.to/ZzXctf" crazy... First time ever that the penalty didn't bother me.
— Pete Mitchell (@Mavitos_Way) November 15, 2012
"@huffpostcrime: Serial rapist put to DEATH huff.to/ZzXctf"#Texas #Justice NO messing Around in the Lone Star StateGood Riddance
— Bruce Bruce (@TheBruce2011) November 15, 2012
Rapist, murderer and pedophile Ramon Torres Hernandez is now DEAD! Executed by the state of Texas. Thank you Texas!!!
— Alexis Yes (@FullVapor) November 15, 2012
Horrible but deserved. "@ksatnews: Sex offender Ramon Torres Hernandez set to die Wednesday for 2001 murder dlvr.it/2TZrR0 #KSATnews"
— arielrae (@arielrae) November 14, 2012
'I am very sorry for all the pain': Texas man #executed for rape, robbery and killing of a 37-year-ol... bit.ly/W9skjk #TookTooLong
— cu_mr2ducks (@cu_mr2ducks) November 15, 2012
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