Legal Opinion
Patrick Murphy v. Bryan Collier
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2019No. 19-70007PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
Patrick Murphy is scheduled for execution on March 28, 2019, for the murder of police officer Aubrey Hawkins on December 24, 2000. His execution date was set on November 29, 2018. Murphy complains that the state of Texas permits only religious clerics who are employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to be physically present in the execution chamber at the time of an execution. He further complains that the TDCJ at present only employs chaplains who are Christian or Muslim, while acknowledging that the TDCJ contracts to bring chaplains and spiritual advisors of other…
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