Tag: Khristian Oliver
U.S. authorities urged to overturn death sentence after jury consulted Bible
Published October 15, 2009 by the Guardian.
Jurors read from scripture as they deliberated on whether Khristian Oliver should be sentenced to death
By Chris McGreal / the Guardian
The Texas jury didn't hesitate to find Khristian Oliver guilty of shooting and bludgeoning an elderly man to death. Oliver had stood over his bleeding victim, repeatedly hitting him in the head with a rifle butt before robbing his house.
But then came the difficult decision over whether to sentence Oliver to death, and that's when the Bibles came into their own.