Murphy v. Collier
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the Court
Decided May 13, 2019
In light of Justice ALITO's opinion dissenting from the Court's March 28 order, I write to respectfully add two points.
1. On March 28, the Court stayed Murphy's execution. Murphy is Buddhist and wanted a Buddhist minister in the execution room. Under Texas' policy at the time, inmates who were Christian or Muslim could have ministers of their religions in the execution room. But inmates such as Murphy who were of other religions could have ministers of their religions only in the adjacent viewing room and not in the execution room. That discriminatory state policy violated…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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