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Supremes Halt Execution of Insane Inmate

Kennedy is swing vote against punishment for schizophrenic killer

By Greg Atwan,  Newser User

Posted Jun 28, 2007 2:29 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to block the execution of a schizophrenic condemned killer because Texas criminal courts had not taken his mental health into account. Anthony Kennedy joined the court's liberals and wrote the decision, which reaffirmed previous injunctions against executing the insane; Kennedy...   Read full story »

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