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Convicted murderer Scott Panetti isn’t sane enough to be executed, federal judge rules

Panetti murdered his in-laws in 1992. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2007 set new court precedent with his case, raising the bar on the constitutional restriction against executing the insane.

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