(AL.com) Alabama death row inmate Keith Edmund Gavin says he doesn’t plan any last-minute appeals to stop his lethal injection execution next week, but he is asking state officials one thing: don’t conduct an autopsy on his body because of his religious beliefs.
“Mr. Gavin is a devout Muslim,” according to a lawsuit filed last month by his lawyers. “His religion teaches that the human body is a sacred temple, which must be kept whole. As a result, Mr. Gavin sincerely believes that an autopsy would desecrate his body and violate the sanctity of keeping his human body intact. Based on his faith, Mr. Gavin is fiercely opposed to an autopsy being performed on his body after his execution.”
