Friday, August 23, 2013

Executing the Insane: Scott Panetti Case

See the updated article:
Scott Panetti, TX Cowboy: Execution Dec. 3
http://dogjusticeformentallyill.blogspot.com/2014/12/scott-panetti-tx-cowboy-execution-dec-3.html

One of our Americans with mental disabilities is scheduled to be executed on December 3, 2014. Scott Panetti's sentence should be commuted because he is very sick, plus he had ineffectual counsel - himself.
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