Supreme Court on Bible Reading Case

Just because jurors heard a passage from the Bible is no reason a man convicted of murder and given the death penalty should be let off. That’s the opinion that will stand in the case of Jimmie Lucero. His lawyers had appealed to the Supreme Court over the issue. But justices on the High Court refused to consider the case. Lucero was convicted in the killing a couple in their 70’s and their 31-year-old daughter. During deliberations the jury foreman read Romans 13:1-6 to hold-out jurors who decided to change their vote. An Appeals court said it did not violate the man’s rights and was a "harmless error." The two jurors who switched their votes said it had no impact on their votes.