The longtime spiritual adviser of an inmate on death row is suing the U.S. attorney general and prison officials to delay the inmate's execution. The 68-year-old Buddhist priest has lung troubles and worries about contracting COVID-19 while at the prison.
A Buddhist priest hasn't been able to meet with a death row inmate at the U.S. penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind.A Buddhist priest hasn't been able to meet with a death row inmate at the U.S. penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind.The spiritual adviser to a federal inmate facing death this month has sued the U.S. attorney general and prison officials seeking a delay to his execution.
Hartkemeyer argues the looming execution in the midst of a pandemic pits his health against his religious duties. He has been ministering to inmate Wesley Purkey on federal death row since 2009, but he hasn't been able to meet with Purkey since February, after the onset of the coronavirus prompted a lockdown at the facility.Hartkemeyer said he feels an obligation to attend the execution, now scheduled for July 15, and to administer a Buddhist ritual similar to last rites.
A lawyer for the Bureau of Prisons said in written filings last year that the"execution team" alone consists of 40 staff members, who will travel to Indiana from their posts in other prisons across the country.
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