Commentary: Supreme Court conservatives are bickering over the death penalty and religion
by Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2019
2 minutes
The Supreme Court justices' tempers are showing.
In an unusual written exchange released Monday, conservative members of the court - divided over a Texas death penalty case - argued about whether the court was right to halt the execution of Patrick Henry Murphy. Murphy is a Buddhist inmate who had been denied the right to have a Buddhist spiritual advisor present at his execution even though the state
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