---

AP, via SFGate.com, USA
May 18, 2007
www.sfgate.com

---

ReligionNewsBlog.com • Item 18303 • Posted: Saturday May 19, 2007  

---

Nashville, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for an executed inmate who objected to autopsy on religious grounds said Friday they were negotiating with state officials for a less invasive procedure.

The negotiations followed a Tuesday ruling that the state can perform an autopsy on Phillip Workman to determine whether the May 9 execution was conducted properly.

Workman’s execution by lethal injection was the first conducted under newly revised Tennessee procedures.

Workman had said an autopsy would conflict with his Seventh Day Adventist religious beliefs, and his family had asked the state to release his body. U.S. District Judge Todd Campbell denied the request but delayed the autopsy so Workman’s lawyers had time to appeal.

Workman’s lawyers are seeking autopsy procedures similar to those performed for adherents of other religions with strict prohibitions, state medical examiner Dr. Bruce Levy told The Tennessean. That would involve visually inspecting but not removing the organs and relying on biopsies and fluid collection to provide details of the death.

If an agreement is reached, it would be up to the judge to decide whether the autopsy can go forward, Workman attorney Kelley Henry said.

No appeal has been filed, Henry said.

---

What You Can Do From Here

---

Read More Articles On These Topics Categories: Seventh-day Adventism Share, Blog About, Bookmark, or Email This Article Subscribe Religion News Blog RSS feed [What is this?] RSS by topic: Seventh-day Adventism Read Another Article Previous entry: Cleric Abu Hamza plotted Jihad Next entry: American Indians link traditions with studies at a Milwaukee school RNB Homepage with latest headlines Find Related Information Use our custom search engines to find additional research resources on religions and cults Find Related Books Seventh-day Adventism Most Popular Today Church of Scientology told to drop Churchill images I know the dark side of Scientology…I almost lost my friend when she became obsessed with it

---

Share This Article

---

To share this page simply copy and paste one of these URL's:

• Post a link on your blog or website:
  
• Send in an email or IM:
  
• Post on a forum:
  

Search for information about (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, -- as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudoscientific claims -- across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support.

Note: results are listed on another domain -- CounterCultSearch.com -- from which you can easily return here.

Search for apologetics articles, books, videos, and other research resources across 135 Christian apologetics websites and blogs.

Note: results are listed on another domain -- ApologeticsSearch.com -- from which you can easily return here.