In America, People on Death Row Can Be Executed While the Supreme Court Reviews Their Cases
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In America, People on Death Row Can Be Executed While the Supreme Court Reviews Their Cases
ACLU
The Supreme Court should close its “lethal gap” and afford execution cases the same opportunity for review as other cases.
Last month in Alabama, Domineque Ray was executed without the presence of his imam in the chamber. This, despite the fact that Christian chaplains are regularly present for executions. This, despite Ray’s compelling claim that his religious liberties were being violated. And this, despite the conservative 11th Circuit’s 28-page opinion explaining how the state was blatantly trespassing upon the Establishment Clause.
So how — despite these facts — was Ray executed without an imam by his side? The answer lies in a single Supreme Court vote…continue reading