Federal Court Orders Texas to Hold Off Execution of Mentally Ill Man

Federal Court Orders Texas to Hold Off Execution of Mentally Ill Man

A federal court of appeals on Wednesday issued a stay of execution for Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti just hours before the man diagnosed with severe mental illness was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection. The Texas Tribune reports: A two-sentence stay was released by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in…