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The American Civil Liberties Union is often at odds with conservative religious groups — for example when they argue that religious freedom gives them the right to discriminate against LGBTQ people

NEW YORK (AP) — After Sister Barbara Battista, a Roman Catholic nun staunchly opposed to the death penalty, agreed to accompany a condemned man at his execution in federal prison,

NEW YORK (AP) — After Sister Barbara Battista, a Roman Catholic nun staunchly opposed...

NEW YORK (AP) — After Sister Barbara Battista, a Roman Catholic nun staunchly opposed to the death penalty, agreed to accompany a condemned man at his execution in federal prison, she wondered doubtfully, “Am I just part of this whole killing machine?”

NEW YORK (AP) — After Sister Barbara Battista, a Roman Catholic nun staunchly opposed to the death penalty, agreed to accompany a condemned man at his execution in federal prison, she wondered doubtfully, “Am I just part of this whole killing machine?”

NEW YORK (AP) -- After Sister Barbara Battista, a Roman Catholic nun staunchly opposed to the death penalty, agreed to accompany a condemned man at his

The American Civil Liberties Union is often at odds with conservative religious groups — for example when they argue that religious freedom gives them the right to discriminate against LGBTQ people

Though the ACLU is against the death penalty, the group argues that death row prisoners should at least be permitted to exercise their religious freedom.

After avoiding execution in February, Willie B. Smith III was put to death Thursday after the SCOTUS rejected a request for a stay.

Willie B. Smith III, whose execution was delayed in February, was put to death Thursday in Alabama for a 22-year-old woman’s murder three decades ago.