Criminal Law

Scott Panetti on remand
The Supreme Court in June blocked Scott Panetti’s execution and remanded for a determination if he was competent to be executed The federal district court, Hon. Sam Sparks, in Austin, Texas mid-week issued its opinion on Panetti’s competency...

Panetti Follow Up
On remand after the U.S. Supreme Court decision last June in Panetti v. Quarterman, No. 06-6407, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has found Scott Panetti to be competent to be executed...

Panetti: Remand for Ford Mental Illness Review
In Panetti v. Quarterman, No. 06-6407 (June 28, 2007), the Supreme Court reversed the denial of habeas relief to a Texas inmate sentenced to death despite his well-documented history of mental illness...

Scholarship
Michael Perlin of the New York Law School has posted, "Insanity is Smashing Up Against My Soul: Panetti v. Quarterman and Questions that Won't Go Away," at SSRN. Here's the abstract: In Panetti v...

Another Twist in Scott Panetti's Case
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...

Hearing for Scott Panetti
Scott Panetti's lawyers won a major case, Panetti v. Quarterman, in the U.S. Supreme Court last year, which allowed his lawyers to return to federal district court to demonstrate the severity of his mental illness...

Katrina Victims See Justice, Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions
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