Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti
Scott Panetti was tried for the capital murder of his parents-in-law on September 8, 1992 in Gillespie County, Texas. He was subsequently sentenced to death on September 22, 1995. Panetti has an extensive history of mental illness, including schizophrenia, manic depression, auditory hallucinations and paranoia. Panetti was hospitalized, both voluntarily and involuntarily for mental illness fourteen times in six different hospitals before his arrest for capital murder in 1992. Following his conviction, Panetti’s former wife, and daughter of the victims, Sonja Alvarado, filed a petition stating that Panetti never should have been tried for the crimes as he was suffering from paranoid delusions at the time of the killings.
Year: 2007
Genre: Documentary
Studio: The Texas Defender Service, Off Center Media
Director: Sarah Kunstler, Emily Kunstler
Cast: Phil Donahue
Crew: Sarah Kunstler (Director), Emily Kunstler (Director), Emily Kunstler (Editor), Martina Radwan (Camera Operator)
Runtime: 27 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 2007
IMDb: 0.00/10 by 0 users
Popularity: 2
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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