Priest-Penitent Privilege: In Defense of Confidential Death Row Spiritual Counsel

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Jeff Hood

Priest-Penitent Privilege

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In Defense of Confidential Death Row Spiritual Counsel

Jeff Hood

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Complicit Press
04 March 2026

Christianity; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christian theology; Christian counselling

For those facing execution, confession is often the first place they speak honestly about guilt, remorse, and fear. Without the absolute assurance of privacy, those truths remain buried. Without the seal, repentance becomes guarded. Without protection, the state's power reaches into the most intimate part of the human soul.

Blending theology, constitutional law, and lived ministry,

Priest-Penitent Privilege argues that the confidential bond between priest and penitent is not optional-it is essential. From People v. Philips to Ramirez v. Collier, Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood demonstrates that priest-penitent privilege has been defended for centuries because it protects something fundamental: human dignity.

If religious liberty does not extend to those condemned to die, it does not truly exist at all.

This book is essential reading for chaplains, prison ministers, criminal defense attorneys, corrections professionals, seminarians, legal scholars, and anyone who believes that human dignity persists even unto death.

By: Jeff Hood
Imprint: Complicit Press
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 4mm
Weight: 91g
ISBN: 9798233273988
Pages: 70
Publication Date: 04 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood is a theologian and spiritual advisor to death row inmates nationwide. He has accompanied eleven men to their executions and was the first spiritual advisor to be present for a nitrogen hypoxia execution. Rev. Hood has been profiled widely, including in the Rolling Stone documentary The Spiritual Advisor. He is the Founder of Execution Intervention Project.