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An Oklahoma judge has determined that a death row inmate is not competent to be executed for his role in the 1999 slayings of two people. Pittsburg County Judge Michael Hogan issued an order Thursday in the case involving 61-year-old James Ryder. Hogan's decision followed a competency hearing this week in which two experts testified Ryder suffers a psychotic disorder diagnosed as schizophrenia. Ryder was scheduled to be executed last month for his role in the slayings of a mother and son in Pittsburg County over a property dispute.

A Pittsburg County judge ruled a death row inmate from the county is not competent to be executed days before a stay in the case was set to expire.

An Oklahoma judge has determined that a death row inmate is not competent to be executed for his role in the 1999 slayings of two people. Pittsburg County Judge Michael

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge ruled Thursday that a death row inmate is not competent to be executed for his role in the 1999 slayings of a mother

The lethal injection of an Oklahoma man scheduled to be executed next month has been paused for 100 days so that a hearing can be held to determine if he's mentally competent enough to be executed.