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Should This Prisoner Be Allowed An Iman In The Execution Chamber?
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He didn't afford his 15 year old victim spritual guidance before he stabbed her to death I bet.
He didn't afford his 15 year old victim spritual guidance before he stabbed her to death I bet.
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Yes either make it possible for people of any religion to have a religious advocate of their choice or remove the option of having a christian one only. with regard to it having to be a prison employee, i'm sure they could security screen and employ a Rabbi, Iman etc for the time they are required without all this drama.
Are other clergy actually allowed inside the chamber or not. Looks like two varying positions the way I read it in the link?
//They said the state has a security interest in keeping non-prison employees out of the room during the procedure.
Robert Dunham, executive director, of the Death Penalty Information Centre which studies capital punishment in the US, says generally other states allow spiritual or religious advisers to accompany the inmate up to the execution chamber but not into it.
Instead the adviser can witness the execution, as do other people, from a designated area.
He did not know of any other states where the execution protocol calls for a Christian chaplain to be present in the execution chamber.
Ray was convicted in the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old Tiffany Harville, who disappeared from her Selma home in July 1995.
Her decomposing body was found in a field a month later.
The state of Alabama said it would appeal the decision to stay the execution//
//They said the state has a security interest in keeping non-prison employees out of the room during the procedure.
Robert Dunham, executive director, of the Death Penalty Information Centre which studies capital punishment in the US, says generally other states allow spiritual or religious advisers to accompany the inmate up to the execution chamber but not into it.
Instead the adviser can witness the execution, as do other people, from a designated area.
He did not know of any other states where the execution protocol calls for a Christian chaplain to be present in the execution chamber.
Ray was convicted in the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old Tiffany Harville, who disappeared from her Selma home in July 1995.
Her decomposing body was found in a field a month later.
The state of Alabama said it would appeal the decision to stay the execution//
The difference is,Maryalynne, by having the Iman present in the chamber alongside the victim or in the witness room.
The way I read the link one spokesman states there is no precedence for any state to have a priest inside the death chamber but witness only for security reasons. Someone else says a priest can or does enter the chamber right to the last breath as he is a employee of the system.
The way I read the link one spokesman states there is no precedence for any state to have a priest inside the death chamber but witness only for security reasons. Someone else says a priest can or does enter the chamber right to the last breath as he is a employee of the system.
SparklyKid - // No. His victim died horribly, so should he. //
How his victim dies is not the issue in law, and the emotional thrust of your point, valid though it is, would not be considered when debating the issue in legal terms.
It is an irony that the state murder system allows for religious comfort for one faith, but not another, and that is the fundamental issue on which the condemned man is hanging on to his life, and you would expect nothing else.
How his victim dies is not the issue in law, and the emotional thrust of your point, valid though it is, would not be considered when debating the issue in legal terms.
It is an irony that the state murder system allows for religious comfort for one faith, but not another, and that is the fundamental issue on which the condemned man is hanging on to his life, and you would expect nothing else.
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