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Schizophrenic Man's Texas Execution Halted By Federal Court
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December 4, 2014
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1:21Now PlayingA court granted Scott Panetti reprieve less than eight hours before he was set to die by lethal injection in Texas. Panetti was sentenced to death in 1995, three years after he shot and killed his in-laws. During his trial, he represented himself in a cowboy costume and purple bandana, and attempted to subpoena over 200 witnesses, including the pope and Jesus Christ. Panetti suffers from schizophrenia and has been hospitalized over a dozen times. Texas can execute mentally-ill people only if they understand why they are sentenced to death. ³It is inconceivable to me how the execution of a severely mentally-ill person such as (Panetti) would measurably advance the retribution and deterrence purposes purportedly served by the death penalty,² said Republican Judge Tom Price.The reprieve is temporary. Panetti will remain on death row. Since capital punishment was reinstated in the U.S. in 1976, Texas has executed more than 500 people‹the most of any state.
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