In a 5-4 decision, justices vacated a stay issued by a lower court that had been blocking the execution of Dominique Ray, 42. ASSOCIATED PRESS The Supreme Court vacated a stay issued by a lower court that had blocked the execution of Ray. Durham said did not know of any other state where the execution protocol calls for a Christian chaplain to be present in the execution chamber. Ray was convicted in 1999 after another man, Marcus Owden, confessed to his role in the crime and implicated Ray. Ray’s attorneys had also asked in legal filings to stay the execution on other grounds.

Source: Huffington Post February 08, 2019 03:22 UTC