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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (763045)	6/27/2007 11:19:12 PM
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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (763045)	6/28/2007 2:44:36 PM
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demoRATs are killers: Execution of Mentally Ill Killer Blocked E-Mail Print Save By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: June 28, 2007 Filed at 1:36 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the execution of a Texas killer, saying lower courts should have considered psychiatric evidence about his mental illness. The court ruled 5-4 in the case of Scott Louis Panetti, who shot his in-laws to death 15 years ago in front of his wife and young daughter. Lawyers for the convicted murderer say that he suffers from a severe documented illness that is the source of gross delusions. ''This argument, we hold, should have been considered'' when Panetti was scheduled for execution, said Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the majority opinion. Kennedy said Panetti should have been given the opportunity to submit expert psychiatric evidence in state court because ''it is uncontested'' that he made a substantial showing of incompetency. Siding with Kennedy in the majority were Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.