It was the second time Missouri officials had denied someone their spiritual adviser in their dying moments. Yet, the state ...

The justices ruled 8-1 in the case of a Texas death-row prisoner. A near unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday said a death-row inmate's spiritual adviser should be able to pray aloud and lay hands on ...

This image provided by the Idaho Department of Correction shows Thomas Eugene Creech on Jan. 9, 2009. Creech, Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate, is scheduled to be executed Feb. 28, 2024 in ...

Since executions resumed in Sept. 2024, seven men have been executed by lethal injection and firing squad in South Carolina.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will no longer allow spiritual advisers to be present with death row inmates while they are being executed. The state announced it is banning chaplains, ...

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