Conservative Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism about a Texas death row inmate's demand that a chaplain be allowed to pray out loud and touch him during his execution.
FILE - This undated photo provided by The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows John Henry Ramirez, a Texas death row inmate. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case about whether Texas must allow a chaplain to pray audibly and touch a prisoner during an execution. Executions in the nation's busiest death penalty state have been delayed while the court considers the question.
WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Tuesday about a Texas death row inmate’s demand that a chaplain be allowed to pray out loud and touch him during his execution.have been delayed while the court considers the question Members of the court’s conservative majority suggested that requiring Texas to accommodate the inmate’s request could lead to a string of cases asking other accommodations. A lawyer for the inmate said he would be content to have his spiritual adviser touch his foot during his execution, but justices questioned what requests might come next.
What if, he asked, one state “allows bread and wine in the execution room right before the execution” or allows the minister to “hug the inmate.” Do other states have to do that?
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