Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates February 2022 No. 2 Vol. 25
Bryan Collier et al., Respondents

Execution-Chamber Prayer

Religious Freedom and Capital Punishment

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Bryan Collier et al., Respondents

Judd E. Stone II, Counsel of Record

For many years, Texas allowed authorized Christian and Muslim spiritual advisers to be present as the state carried out death sentences. In April 2019, however, Texas changed its policy to prohibit all religious counselors from attending the procedures. The move was the result of a stay of execution issued by the U.S. Supreme Court after Texas denied a request from a death-row inmate …

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