Marlo Safi
Culture Reporter
June 16, 2020 10:49 PM ET
The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of a death row inmate in Texas roughly an hour before it was planned, granting the stay pending a ruling on whether to allow a Catholic chaplain into the execution chamber to accompany the inmate, numerous sources reported.
Ruben Gutierrez, 42, was scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville Tuesday. Gutierrez, his lawyers and Catholic leaders had pleaded with Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the U.S.Supreme Court to intervene to challenge Texas’ new policy of preventing spiritual advisers from entering the chamber on constitutional grounds, UPI reported.
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