September 11, 2007
Source: New York Times
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20070911/NEWS/709110407/1033/NEWS01
The federal appeals court in San Francisco on Monday upheld a death sentence from a jury that had consulted the Bible's teachings on capital punishment.
In a second decision on the role of religion in the criminal justice system, the same court ruled Friday that requiring a former prisoner on parole to attend meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous violated the First Amendment's ban on government establishment of religion.