Texas death row inmate with 40-year mental illness history ruled not competent to be executed
A federal judge has ruled a Texas death row inmate with a long history of mental illness is not competent to be executed.
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A federal judge has ruled a Texas death row inmate with a long history of mental illness is not competent to be executed.
Convicted murderer Scott Panetti isn’t sane enough to be executed, federal judge rules
Panetti murdered his in-laws in 1992. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2007 set new court precedent with his case, raising the bar on the constitutional restriction against executing the insane.
A Texas death row inmate with a long history of mental illness, and who tried to call Jesus Christ and John F. Kennedy as trial witnesses, is not competent to...
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