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

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

ByKyle W. Bell

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…

St. Joseph County Now Issuing Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples
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St. Joseph County Now Issuing Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples

ByKyle W. Bell

Marriage licenses are being issued to same-sex couples in St. Joseph County beginning today. The County Clerk’s office says that they began issuing the licenses this morning after receiving word from the 7th Circuit Appeals Court in Chicago that a stay on their ruling — which found Indiana’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional — had been…