U.S. Supreme Court,
Criminal,
Constitutional Law
May 13, 2019
A flimsy reason to deny the right to free exercise of religion
“Security” is a flimsy reason to deny a U.S. citizen the cherished American right to free exercise of religion. Yet that is exactly what happened in the case of Domineque Ray, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and part of a recent string of cases all dealing with the religious rights of the condemned.
Arash Hashemi
Email: arash@hashemilaw.com
Arash is a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer and the host of "Hashing Out the Law" podcast.
"Security" is a flimsy reason to deny a U.S. citizen the cherished American right to free exercise of religion. Yet that is exactly what happened in the case of Domineque Ray, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and part of a recent string of cases all dealing with the religious rights of the condemned.
Ray, a prisioner in Alabama executed Feb. 7, claimed his religious rights were violated when his request to have a Muslim imam accomp...
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