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U.S. Supreme Court justices appear reluctant to loosen restrictions on religious advisers during Texas executions
BY JOLIE MCCULLOUGH NOV. 9, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether the pastor of a Texas prisoner should be able to touch or audibly pray over him as the prisoner is executed. The justices largely […]
U.S. Supreme Court weighs religion’s place in the Texas death chamber
BY JOLIE MCCULLOUGH at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 9, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Tuesday on the religious rights of those condemned to die in Texas. The justices, who have taken a […]
Rejecting claims of innocence, judge says Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed should not get a new trial
BY JOLIE MCCULLOUGH at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 1, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. BASTROP — More than two decades after Rodney Reed was sentenced to death for the murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stites, doubts about his guilt and the role […]
