The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday strengthened the religious rights of death row inmates by allowing a Texas inmate to have a religious adviser pray and lay hands on him in the execution chamber.

In the case Ramirez v. Collier, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., writing for the 8-1 majority, said the inmate, John Ramirez, was likely to succeed in showing that Texas’ policy banning audible prayer and religious touch in the execution chamber substantially burdens his exercise of religion.

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