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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 the execution move forward, and last night in a 5-4 decision they did that. the justices on the u.s. supreme court voted to let that execution go forward as planned. justice elena kagan wrote a blistering very short three-page dissent. quoting from that, she says, quote, this court excuse me. quote, today, this court reverses that decision and ....

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