Man faces execution after jurors consulted the Bible
Posted by Margaret
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Thursday, Oct 15, 2009
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron … the murderer shall surely be put to death (Numbers 35:16).
Amnesty International has issued an urgent appeal for a man facing execution in three weeks’ time despite the fact that jurors at his trial consulted passages from the Bible in deciding his fate. Thirty-two-year-old Khristian Oliver is set to be executed in Texas, USA on 5 November. He was sentenced to death in 1999 for a murder committed during a burglary. While deciding whether he should live or die, jurors at his trial consulted copies of the Bible, including text supporting the death penalty, calling into serious question their impartiality.