Texas bars chaplains from inmate execution chambers
Chaplains will no longer be allowed in the rooms in which Texas death row inmates are executed, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced Wednesday.All chaplains and spiritual advisers will continue to have access to the viewing room, where people can watch the execution, department officials said.The decision is in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on March 28 that postponed the execution of Texas inmate Patrick Murphy because his Buddhist religious adviser was […]
