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His faith accompany him to the execution chamber to say his last rights but whether islam, judaism or any other, he may not die with a minister of his faith by his side. that treatment goes against the establishment clause's core principle of denomination neutrality. dominique ray was executed in alabama at 10:12 p.m. without his spiritual advisor. could have had a chaplain because only christians get their faith leader and last night the supreme court blessed that. joining us is senior editor and legal correspondent of slate.com. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> i i'm ...

More, alabama. dominique ray had one request. he asked to have his imam by his side in the execution chamber. instead of the prison's christian chaplain to make sure he honored his muslim faith as he died to make sure the very last words he uttered on earth were a testimony to his faith. the prison warden said no to that. alabama's prison policy is that, yes, you can have a member of the clergy there with you when you die, when prison staff kill you, but by member of the clergy they only mean a christian chaplain. that's it. because the only member of the clergy that allow in the execution cha...

Ray and his lawyer argued that by not allowing the imam in the execution chamber and only allowing a christian chaplain, alabama's execution procedure treated inmates differently according to their faith. it favored christian inmates by allowing them to have their faith leader with them but nobody else of any other faith. the federal appeals court agreed, at least they staid that execution so they could consider it. that happened on wednesday eyes this week, two days ago. lawyers for the state of alabama filed an emergency petition asking the u.s. supreme court to step in, specifically to let ...

Permits mr. ray's execution to go forward. given the gravity of the issue here, i find that profoundly wrong. is that one religious denomination cannot be officially preferred over another. but the state's policy does just that. under that policy, a christian prisoner may have a minister of his own faith accompany him to the execution chamber to say his last rights, but if an inmate practices a different religion, whether islam, judaism or any other, he may not die with a minister of his own faith by his side. that treatment goes against the establishment clause's core principle of denominatio...

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