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,Nov 11, 2019
Texas Prisoner Receives Second Stay of Execution Over Religious Discrimination Issue
A federal district court has granted a stay of execution to a Buddhist death-row prisoner in Texas over allegations that the state is discriminatorily denying him access to religious services that would be available to Christian prisoners on the day of their execution. On November 7, 2019, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas stayed the November 13 execution of Patrick Murphy (pictured), marking the second time in 2019 that his…