v. State, 666 So.2d 36, 53 (Ala.Crim. App.1994) (“It is the holding of this Court that the opinion of the friends or relatives of the defendant that the defendant should not be sentenced to death is not a relevant mitigating circumstance for the jury to consider at the penalty phase of a capital case.”). The trial court expressed its concern that testimony of religious leaders and lawyers regarding the propriety of the death penalty was not relevant mitigating evidence, and it may urge jury nullification of state law. We agree. See Glass v. Butler, 820 F.2d 112, 115-16 (5th Cir.1987) (concluding that a priest’s testimony that the church is opposed to the death penalty is not relevant mitigation evidence); Commonwealth v. Daniels, 537 Pa. 464, 644 A.2d 1175, 1183 (1994) (per curiam) (<HOLDING>). {29} Clark next asserts that proportionality
recognizing that although there were no limits placed on the defense counsels preparation it was surely reasonable for the defense to assume that there was no reason to present argument or evidence directed at whether the death penalty was either appropriate or permissible where the prosecution never argued for the application of the death penalty holding that leaning towards the death penalty is not the same as an automatic vote for the death penalty holding that the death penalty is unconstitutional as applied to juvenile defendants holding that the trial judge properly restricted defense counsels references to the bible in support of his argument that the death penalty is morally wrong holding that a new trial was warranted where the prosecutor stated as the bible says and the murderer shall be put to death