A Possible Reprieve for the Mentally Ill on Death Row

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A Possible Reprieve for the Mentally Ill on Death Row A Possible Reprieve for the Mentally Ill on Death Row

From The Texas Observer A federal judge has declared that Scott Panetti, a longtime resident of Texas’ death row, is incompetent for execution due to the severity of his mental illness. The decision comes more than 15 years after the U.S. Supreme Court determined—also in Panetti’s case—that the Eighth Amendment bars the state from executing […] The post A Possible Reprieve for the Mentally Ill on ..
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