Scott Panetti execution halted by U.S. appeal court

The execution of Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti, seen in this 1999 photo, has been temporarily halted. A federal appeals court halted Wednesday's scheduled execution of a Texas killer whose attempt to subpoena Jesus Christ as a trial witness and other behaviour led his attorneys to argue he is too mentally ill for capital punishment.

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