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Execution Stay

A Buddhist priest who says he’s the spiritual adviser of a federal death row inmate facing execution this month sued the Justice Department on Thursday, claiming the execution should be stayed because the Covid pandemic makes it impossible to tend to the inmate’s spiritual needs in person.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A Buddhist priest who says he’s the spiritual adviser of a federal death row inmate facing execution this month sued the Justice Department on Thursday, claiming the execution should be stayed because the Covid pandemic makes it impossible to tend to the inmate’s spiritual needs in person.

Categories / Civil Rights, Criminal, Health, Religion

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