02 April 2019 :

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution to Patrick Murphy "pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari unless Texas permits Murphy’s Buddhist spiritual advisor or another Buddhist reverend of the State’s choosing to accompany Murphy in the execution chamber during the execution." On Feb. 7 (see) in Alabama a man, Dominique Ray, was executed after the U.S. Supreme Court, voting 5-4, lifted a federal appeals court stay based on the inmate’s request to have his Muslim spiritual adviser at his side.