Court ruled that inmate Patrick Murphy’s religious freedom would be violated if his Buddhist adviser were excluded
Texas prisons will no longer allow clergy in the capital punishment death chamber after the US supreme court blocked the scheduled execution of a man who argued his religious freedom would be violated if his Buddhist spiritual adviser could not accompany him.
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