July 19, 2010
Source: Google News
Wire Service: AP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQbvkJHpaJR6xF25XfRpew2939yAD9H20CM06
Maryland is considering becoming one of the few states to allow condemned inmates to choose a clergy member not employed by the state to be in the execution chamber when they die.
Corrections officials must balance the sensitive issues of security during one of the gravest tasks undertaken by the state and religious freedom during a condemned person's final moments.