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Another Twist in Scott Panetti's Case

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U.S. Federal District Judge Sam Sparks has issued a ruling declaring Scott Panetti competent to be executed.  AFP reports, "Schizophrenic death row man in Texas on path to execution."  It's important to note that Judge Sparks' ruling does not establish an execution date; that will be set be the state district court with authority over the case.  Also, there are currently no execution dates set in Texas due to the moratorium on lethal injection executions pending a ruling in Baze v. Rees, the Kentucky lethal injection case being considered by the Supreme Court.A schizophrenic inmate in Texas is again on the path to execution after a federal judge pronounced him sufficiently rational to understand why he has been sentenced to death...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 27, 2008 (boomark / email).