Murdering for Jesus in Texas

Submitted by Jim Aune on October 12, 2009 - 1:17pm

Listening to heavy metal music can get you the death penalty in Texas. As I always say to my friends outside the state, it really is worse than you imagine. Surely, even if you support the death penalty under certain circumstances, you can recognize a legal travesty when you see one? It's all about feeding the base with blood. On the heavy metal issue, see this video.

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Texas execution looms after jury consults the Bible

Submitted by Adria on October 12, 2009 - 10:39pm.

And in related news...

A Texas man who faces execution after jurors at his trial consulted the Bible when deliberating his fate should have his death sentence commuted, Amnesty International said on Friday.

Khristian Oliver, 32, is set to be killed on 5 November after jurors used Biblical passages supporting the death penalty to help them decide whether he should live or die.

Amnesty International is calling on the Texas authorities to commute Khristian Oliver's death sentence. The organization considers that the jurors' use of the Bible during their sentencing deliberations raises serious questions about their impartiality.

A US federal appeals court acknowledged last year that the jurors' use of the Bible amounted to an "external influence" prohibited under the US Constitution, but nonetheless upheld the death sentence.