Pastor can hold inmate’s hand during execution, says US state of Alabama
Montgomery, AlabamaAP The US state of Alabama said it will allow a death row inmate’s pastor to hold his hand during a lethal injection next month, a decision that was made to end litigation over the issue. Lawyers for Alabama wrote in a June court document that inmates can now have a personal spiritual adviser […]
Texas man gets execution delay over pastor’s touch request
Huntsville, Texas, USAP A Texas death row inmate won a reprieve Wednesday evening from execution for killing a convenience store worker during a 2004 robbery that garnered $US1.25 after claiming the state was violating his religious freedom by not letting his pastor lay hands on him at the time of his lethal injection. The US […]
In the US, Oklahoma death row inmate, subject of prayer rally, to get second clemency hearing
RNS An Oklahoma parole board has voted to grant Julius Jones, an inmate who has been on death row for two decades, an additional hearing to determine if he should gain clemency. The Justice for Julius campaign, a group that has been advocating for his release, announced Monday on its Instagram account that the Oklahoma Pardon and […]
US Christian leaders urge clemency for Oklahoma death row inmate, cite mounting evidence
RNS Faith leaders are ramping up their support for an Oklahoma death row inmate as his clemency hearing nears. Julius Jones, 40, was sentenced to death in 2002, but his advocates say a different person committed the crime in which a prominent Edmond, Oklahoma, businessman was killed during a carjacking. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole […]
ESSAY: WILL GRACE PREVAIL AS A TENNESSEE EXECUTION LOOMS?
Christian author and activist SHANE CLAIBORNE writes about a US death penalty case that’s become very personal to him…
ESSAY: HOW OUTRAGE FOR A DEATH ROW INMATE IN THE US MAY HAVE FLIPPED SUPREME COURT JUSTICES FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
In an article first published on Religion News Service, AMANDA TYLER, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, looks at recent US Supreme Court decisions involving the issue of religious liberty…
ESSAY: CHRISTIANS CAN’T ALLOW THE US BIBLE BELT TO BE THE “DEATH BELT”
US Christian author and activist SHANE CLAIBORNE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, argues that it’s time for Christians to take a stand against the death penalty…