Death by lethal injection is a horrible way to go, regardless of the acts that convicts carry out, it is still challenging to view let alone be apart of. I myself have had a close friend who's father died lethal injection. I remember that it was a very challenging time for him and although he new that his father wasn't an upstanding man that it is never easy to say goodbye.
In the case of Mr. Panetti however the controversy is that he was mentally inept and unable to make sound decisions. And although that has been proven to be true considering that he showed up to court pleading his trial in a purple (10-gallon) cowboy hat and calling upon Jesus Christ, Pope John Paul the II, and JFK to the stand. This is just one of the many mentally challenged decisions that he has carried out.
The myth that is stirring up all of this controversy is that mentally ill patients are never to be sentenced to death, which has come to be through incorrect information from TV and the internet although it may be proven wrong considering that Mr. Scott Panetti's set date for lethal injection was postponed by an appeal's court issuing a stay allowing Panetti's lawyers to find more evidence supporting the claim that he is mentally unstable and that death row is unconstitutional.
I stand by Mr.Bagby in his view on this article and I believe that his writing is well structured and overall an enjoyable read. In the matter of Mr.Panetti I am somewhat torn. The fact that he murder his in- laws is a horrible and unforgivable act, but does taking his life amend that? Wouldn't it be more of a punishment to make him sit in prison for the next 30 years? I guess it truly is up to the Gov. Rick Perry and the courts of Texas.
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