Last week, the Supreme Court ruled to block Texas' planned execution of Patrick Murphy, a Buddhist inmate, because he was not allowed to have his Buddhist chaplain in the execution chamber.
While religious freedom advocates applauded the move, some say the decision also left them perplexed. Just a month earlier, the Supreme Court allowed the execution of Muslim death row inmate Domineque Ray in a similar circumstance.
The American Civil Liberties Union called the decision to halt Murphy's execution "good news." But it criticized the court's earlier ruling in Ray's case.
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