Editing Snake handling in Christianity (section)

=== Manslaughter and murder ===
In 1992, Glenn Summerford, a serpent-handling preacher, was convicted of attempted murder of his wife with a rattlesnake, by forcing her to be bitten on two occasions, at their home.<ref name=Covington/>{{rp|30,33}}<ref name="hm">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/religion/pentecostal/snakeskill-fool.shtml|title=Snake Kills Evangelist – HiddenMysteries Spiritual Studies|website=hiddenmysteries.org|access-date=24 April 2016|archive-date=25 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625050929/http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/religion/pentecostal/snakeskill-fool.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="history of snake handling">{{cite web |title=history of snake handling |url=http://archive.tennessean.com/interactive/article/99999999/PROMO/120601019/History-snake-handling |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140806220937/http://archive.tennessean.com/interactive/article/99999999/PROMO/120601019/History-snake-handling |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 August 2014 |website=The Tennessean |access-date=30 July 2014}}</ref> During the trial, some members of the congregation sided with Glenn Summerford, and others with his wife, Darlene.<ref name=Covington/>{{rp|48–49}} Each Summerford accused the other of infidelity, and "backsliding" from their faith by drinking alcohol.<ref name=Covington/>{{rp|41, 49}} [[Dennis Covington]], a journalist who covered the Summerford trial<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/15/us/alabama-trial-involves-snakes-and-bit-of-faith.html|title=Alabama Trial Involves Snakes And Bit of Faith|first=Dennis|last=Covington|newspaper=The New York Times |date=15 February 1992|access-date=12 September 2021|archive-date=12 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212215605/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/15/us/alabama-trial-involves-snakes-and-bit-of-faith.html|url-status=live}}</ref> discusses his first-hand, investigative experiences at a snake-handling church in Appalachia, in his book, ''[[Salvation on Sand Mountain]]''.<ref name=Covington/>{{rp|20}}