The U.S. Supreme Court is sending a message to states that want to continue to carry out the death penalty: Inmates must be allowed to have a spiritual adviser by their side as they are executed.

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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block the execution of four federal prison inmates who are scheduled to be put to death in July and August.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in October over whether Alabama can execute an inmate diagnosed with stroke-related dementia who lawyers contend can no longer remember killing a police officer in 1985.

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The Supreme Court is rejecting a challenge to Arizona's death-penalty law.

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