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17 May 2019, 1:53 pm by Howard Friedman
Collier ruled in favor of Buddhist prisoner Patrick Murphy who wanted his Buddhist spiritual adviser to be present in the execution chamber when his execution was carried out. [read post]
14 May 2019, 6:09 am by Xi Lucy Shi
The court granted a stay of the execution to Patrick Henry Murphy, who argued that he should not be executed in Texas because the state would not allow his Buddhist spiritual adviser to be present in the death chamber. [read post]
13 May 2019, 3:15 pm by Kent Scheidegger
First, he says that Murphy's petition should have been denied as needlessly delayed until shortly before the execution. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 1:30 pm by John Floyd
  Patrick Dale Murphy was returned to death row where he awaits a new execution date. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 12:52 pm by Carrie Thompson
The policy change closely follows the Supreme Court’s stay of execution for Patrick Murphy, a Texas inmate whose request that a Buddhist spiritual adviser be present in his execution chamber was denied by the state. [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 11:58 am by Howard Bashman
Supreme Court last week halted the execution of Patrick Murphy because he wasn’t given access to a Buddhist chaplain; Now, no chaplains will be allowed in the death chamber”: Jolie McCullough and Elizabeth Byrne of The Texas Tribune have this report. [read post]
2 Apr 2019, 1:16 pm by [email protected]
Patrick Murphy was among a group of inmates who escaped from a Texas prison in 2000. [read post]
2 Apr 2019, 1:16 pm by [email protected]
Patrick Murphy was among a group of inmates who escaped from a Texas prison in 2000. [read post]
1 Apr 2019, 3:54 am by Edith Roberts
For The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin reports that last week’s order temporarily halting the execution of a Buddhist prisoner, Patrick Murphy, pending review of Murphy’s challenge to Texas’ refusal to allow a Buddhist priest to join him in the execution chamber “contrasted sharply with the court’s 5-4 vote last month rejecting a similar plea from a Muslim inmate in Alabama. [read post]
30 Mar 2019, 8:10 pm by Howard Bashman
“2 death row inmates similar requests, but different results”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Death row inmates Patrick Murphy and Domineque Ray each turned to courts recently with a similar plea: Halt my execution if the state won’t let a spiritual adviser of my faith accompany me into the execution chamber. [read post]
29 Mar 2019, 9:44 am by Michael Rushford
  The Associated Press reports that Patrick Murphy sought the stay because state corrections officials would not allow a Buddhist priest to be in the death chamber during his execution, which he claimed discriminated against his religion. [read post]
29 Mar 2019, 9:24 am by Tim Zubizarreta
The US Supreme Court stayed the execution of Patrick Murphy, a Texas inmate who was denied a Buddhist spiritual adviser at his execution, late Thursday evening. [read post]
29 Mar 2019, 7:07 am by Howard Friedman
Supreme Court, by a 7-2 vote, ruled in favor of Buddhist prisoner Patrick Murphy who wanted his Buddhist spiritual adviser to be present in the execution chamber when his execution, scheduled for last night, was carried out. [read post]
29 Mar 2019, 4:10 am by Edith Roberts
Last night the Supreme Court halted the execution of a Buddhist prisoner, Patrick Murphy, pending review of Murphy’s challenge to Texas’ refusal to allow a Buddhist priest to join him in the execution chamber. [read post]
28 Mar 2019, 9:24 pm by Ilya Somin
Nonetheless, in a 7-2 decision (with Justices Gorsuch and Thomas dissenting), the Supreme Court decided to stay the execution unless the state allows Patrick Murphy to have a Buddhist priest present in the execution chamber with him. [read post]
28 Mar 2019, 9:11 pm by Amy Howe
But tonight the justices blocked the state of Texas from executing a Buddhist prisoner, Patrick Murphy, while Murphy files a petition for review of his case on the merits, unless the state allows either Murphy’s spiritual advisor or another Buddhist priest to join Murphy in the execution chamber during the execution. [read post]
28 Mar 2019, 7:53 pm by Howard Bashman
Supreme Court stops execution of ‘Texas Seven’ prisoner; Patrick Murphy was one of the escaped convicts sentenced to death for the murder of Irving police officer Aubrey Hawkins during a robbery; The high court stopped his execution because Texas officials wouldn’t let a Buddhist priest into the death chamber with him. [read post]