Death Sentence Stands After Jury Consulted the Bible

The New York Times
The federal appeals court in San Francisco yesterday upheld a death sentence from a jury that had consulted the Bible’s teachings on capital punishment. In a second decision on the role of religion in the criminal justice system, the same court ruled Friday that requiring a former prisoner on parole to attend meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous violated the First Amendment’s ban on government establishment of religion. Full story...

Posted by Editor at September 11, 2007 09:54 AM