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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJustices Let Alabama Execute Death Row Inmate Who Wanted Imam By His Side *older article*
Death Row inmate Domineque Ray hoped that when he took his final breath, he could find comfort in the presence of his Muslim spiritual adviser. But the Alabama prison where Ray was awaiting execution wouldn't allow it. Prison officials would only allow their own Christian chaplain to offer the prisoner solace from inside the execution chamber. They said it would be a security risk to let someone into the room who wasn't an employee of the state's corrections department. Ray's imam, Yusef Maisonet, could only watch from the next room, behind glass.
Ray challenged that decision, and a federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a stay of execution until it could determine whether the prison had violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by preferring one religion over another.
But the next day, by a vote of 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the execution to go forward. Ray's life ended Thursday night, by lethal injection. His imam watched from a separate room, The Associated Press reported.
Ray challenged that decision, and a federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a stay of execution until it could determine whether the prison had violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by preferring one religion over another.
But the next day, by a vote of 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the execution to go forward. Ray's life ended Thursday night, by lethal injection. His imam watched from a separate room, The Associated Press reported.
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Justices Let Alabama Execute Death Row Inmate Who Wanted Imam By His Side *older article* (Original Post)
In It to Win It
Jun 2022
OP
Then non-Christian religious groups may need to demand employment of their clergy
Raven123
Jun 2022
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Raven123
(4,792 posts)1. What was their rationale?
jimfields33
(15,693 posts)2. Probably because he wasn't a state worker
Only state workers are allowed in the chambers.
Raven123
(4,792 posts)4. Then non-Christian religious groups may need to demand employment of their clergy
jmowreader
(50,528 posts)5. Fine. Hire the man on a one-day contract.
ck4829
(35,038 posts)3. Even as the needle is put in his arm, he has some rights. The SCOTUS needs to remember that.