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Sep 16, 2021 · Ruben Gutierrez was set to be executed on Oct. 27 for fatally stabbing an 85-year-old Brownsville woman in 1998. ... Texas death row inmate has ... have his Islamic spiritual adviser in the death ...
Mar 1, 2022 · In eleven of the thirteen federal executions that took place between July 2020 and January 2021, the Bureau allowed religious advisors to enter the death chamber, pray, or converse with incarcerated people prior to the administration of lethal drugs. In one case, an advisor was allowed to physically touch the person before the execution process ...
Nov 25, 2024 · Sixteen federal executions have been carried out in the modern era, all by lethal injection, with 13 occurring in a six-month period between July 2020 and January 2021.…The use of the federal death penalty in jurisdictions that have themselves opted not to have capital punishment—such as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and many states—has raised particular concerns about federal overreach ...
Nov 8, 2021 · In February 2019, the court permitted Alabama to execute a Muslim man, Domineque Ray, after the state refused to allow Ray to have an imam at his side in the execution chamber, even though the state at that time allowed a Christian chaplain in the chamber. In its brief order, the court noted that Ray had sought relief only 10 days before his scheduled execution.
Nov 10, 2021 · Ray (2019) — a 5-4 decision holding that a Muslim inmate in Alabama could not have his imam present during his execution, even though the state permitted Christian death row inmates to have ...
- Ian Millhiser
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.
Jan 26, 2021 · The evidence suggests that the use of the death penalty disproportionately targets religious minorities in some Muslim countries and is often used as a tool to further political agendas. For example, in April 2019, 14 protesters from the Shi’a minority were executed in Saudi Arabia , after a grossly unfair trial, for their alleged participation in anti-government demonstrations between 2011 ...
