Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $25,322
31%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 31%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: stephenables

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Governor asked to stop execution of mentally ill man

    02/04/2004 11:45:48 PM PST · by ECTO_1 · 12 replies · 637+ views
    Austin-American Statesman ^ | 2/4/04 | David Pasztor
    Governor asked to stop execution No dispute over inmate's mental illness, but attorney general's office says the inmate is competent By David Pasztor AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Wednesday, February 4, 2004 While on trial for his life in 1995, Scott Panetti decided to defend himself. He dressed for court like a make-believe cowboy, with jeans stuffed into his boots and a cowboy hat dangling from a string around his neck. He tried to call John F. Kennedy, Jesus Christ and Anne Bancroft as witnesses for his defense. "If you sacrifice one sheep, two destroy the wolf; that does not make that...