EditorialJohn Henry Ramirez, who is on death row, in the visitation area of the Allan B. Polunsky Unit prison in Livingston, Texas, Aug. 25, 2021. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Henry Ramirez, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a convenience store worker in 2004, in a visitation room at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit, a prison in Livingston, Texas, on Aug. 25, 2021. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Henry Ramirez, who was sentenced to death for the 2004 murder of a convenience store worker and is now on death row, in the visitation area of the Allan B. Polunsky Unit prison in Livingston, Texas, Aug. 25, 2021. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Henry Ramirez, who is on death row, in the visitation area of the Allan B. Polunsky Unit prison in Livingston, Texas, Aug. 25, 2021. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
EditorialPoll workers Shervonne Bess, left, and Anieli Lopez, set up the voting site at St. John’s - Visitation Parish in the Kingsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialA funeral attendant provides hand sanitizer to a mourner arriving for a visitation in Elsa, Texas, July 21, 2020. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialThe body of Francisco Tafolla Sr. behind a plexiglass shield during a visitation at Salinas Funeral Home in Elsa, Texas, July 21, 2020. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialShawn'te Harvel, funeral director at Smith Funeral Home in Elizabeth, N.J., prepares a visitation for a person who died from COVID-19, Friday, March 27, 2020. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)