ABIDE WITH ME : RAMIREZ V. COLLIER AND THE LEGAL RIGHT TO RELIGIOUS COMFORT IN EXECUTIONS.

The article examines the majority and dissent's reasoning in the case Ramirez v. Collier, wherein John Ramirez petitioned Texas prison authorities to allow his pastor to enter the execution chamber to pray aloud and lay hands on him during the execution but the request was denied so he sued under the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000. Topics include Ramirez's rights, Supreme Court decisions preceding Ramirez, and psychology at work in the case.