HOUSTON -- A federal judge on Thursday stayed the execution of a"Texas 7" gang member who was convicted in the killing of a police officer because the state has refused to provide him with a Buddhist chaplain in the death chamber.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a concurring opinion that Texas can't move forward with Murphy's execution unless the state permits his Buddhist adviser or another Buddhist reverend of the state's choosing to accompany him in the death chamber. But U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks stayed Murphy's execution once again on Thursday, days before he was scheduled for lethal injection.
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