aljazeeraamerica:Attorneys petition Supreme Court to stay mentally ill man’s executionThe State of T
aljazeeraamerica:Attorneys petition Supreme Court to stay mentally ill man’s executionThe State of Texas is due to execute 56-year-old Scott Panetti on Wednesday for murdering his mother-in-law and father-in-law, but his defense attorneys argue that their client should not be executed at all, on the grounds that he is too mentally ill to understand the reason why he is being put to death. They claim he believes that his punishment is part of a religious fight pitting “the demons and the forces of the darkness” against “God and the angels and the forces of light.” -- source link