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Ford Hearing Underway in Georgia

By Steve Hall

Rhonda Cook posts, "Hearing to see if suicidal inmate is sane enough to be executed," at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A hearing is underway to determine if  a condemned triple murderer is competent to be executed Friday in light of an attempt he made to kill himself  Tuesday by slashing both arms and his neck. Brandon Rhode was to have been executed Tuesday evening for murdering a Jones County father and his two children in 1998. But earlier in the day Tuesday the 31-year-old attempted suicide. The Georgia Supreme Court delayed Rhode?s lethal injection until 9 a.m. Friday to give his attorney time to pursue a mental competency claim. The courts have said it is unconstitutional to execute someone who does not understand the reason for the punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).