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Law’s Michael Benza weighs in on capital punishment controversy in Texas

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USA Today: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, discussed the pending executions in Texas—the nation’s busiest capital punishment state—facing delays amid legal questions about the state’s refusal to allow spiritual advisers to touch inmates and pray aloud as condemned individuals are being put to death.