Religious Liberty in the Criminal Justice System
Ramirez v. Collier
In a Supreme Court amicus brief filed by the ACLU and the law firm Williams & Connolly LLP, a group of spiritual leaders who have been present in the death chamber during executions and former high-level corrections officials who have collectively witnessed or overseen more than 50 executions argues that Texas should allow John H. Ramirez’s pastor to pray aloud and lay hands on him as he is executed.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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2 Religious Liberty in the Criminal Justice System Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2015
Holt v. Hobbs
Whether Arkansas prison officials violated a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of prisoners when they denied petitioner an exemption to grow a one-half inch beard in compliance with his religious beliefs.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Religious Liberty in the Criminal Justice System
Holt v. Hobbs
Whether Arkansas prison officials violated a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of prisoners when they denied petitioner an exemption to grow a one-half inch beard in compliance with his religious beliefs.
Jan 2015
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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