Priest-Penitent Privilege
In Defense of Confidential Death Row Spiritual Counsel
by Jeff Hood
A legal and moral argument for the confidentiality of pastoral care in the execution chamber. When a chaplain enters a death house, what is said between them and the condemned belongs to no court, no warden, and no state.
Hood defends a privilege the state has an interest in eroding, and explains why its erosion would change what dying at the hands of the government means.
Proceeds from this book fund the Execution Intervention Project — legal work, clemency campaigns, and direct support for people on death row.
