The Supreme Court said states must accommodate the wishes of death row inmates who want to have their pastors pray aloud and even touch them during their executions.
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Read More »March 25, 2022 Comments Off on Supreme Court: States must allow prayer, touch in executions
The Supreme Court said states must accommodate the wishes of death row inmates who want to have their pastors pray aloud and even touch them during their executions.
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Read More »November 9, 2021 Comments Off on Supreme Court skeptical of Texas death row inmate prayer demand
The Supreme Court is to hear arguments in a case about whether Texas must allow a chaplain to pray audibly and touch a prisoner during an execution.
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Read More »July 2, 2021 Comments Off on Federal executions halted; Garland orders protocols reviewed
The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months.
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Read More »July 25, 2019 Comments Off on US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will execute federal death row inmates for the first time since 2003, the Justice Department announced Thursday, bringing back a seldom-used punishment pushed by President Donald Trump and escalating another divisive issue ahead of the ...
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Read More »October 3, 2016 Comments Off on Supreme Court rejects challenge to military death penalty
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to the death penalty for members of the military. The justices on Monday rejected an appeal from the former soldier who was sentenced to death for killing two fellow soldiers and ...
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