The state Supreme Court has unanimously decided that a man convicted of mass murder nearly 30 years ago was mentally unfit to be put to death because he lacked a “rational understanding” of the death penalty or its reasons for application.
The decision — which the court said had been delayed by a lengthy procedural history — provides guidance regarding competency evaluations of people on death row.
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