This isn’t quite Satanic/occult panic, but it is deplorable and quite frightening, legally and ethically. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a Texas death row inmate, who appealed his sentence because the jurors consulted the Bible when deciding whether or not to give him the death penalty in 1999.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/20/ap/politics/main4956478.shtml
