Judge blocks second planned federal execution, citing inmate's dementia (Chutkan strikes again!)

The Hill ^ | July 15, 2020 | Harper Neideg

[Stravinsky]

For the second time this week, a judge in Washington, D.C. has blocked the Trump administration from resuming federal executions.

U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan granted a preliminary injunction early Wednesday morning to Wesley Ira Purkey, a man who suffers from dementia and schizophrenia who is scheduled to be executed later in the day. The Department of Justice has already appealed Chutkan's order.

The same process occurred earlier this week in the hours leading up to the first federal execution in 17 years. Chutkan had ordered an injunction against the death sentence, only to be overruled by the Supreme Court just hours later, shortly after 2 a.m. on Tuesday.

The administration quickly moved to execute Daniel Lewis Lee later Tuesday morning.

"The speed with which the government seeks to carry out these executions, and the Supreme Court’s prioritization of that pace over additional legal process, makes it considerably more likely that injunctions may issue at the last minute, despite the efforts of Plaintiffs' counsel to raise, and the court to adjudicate, the claims in a timely fashion," Chutkan wrote on Wednesday.

Chutkan, who was appointed by former President Obama, said that the new injunction is warranted because of Purkey's mental state. His lawyers have argued that his dementia prevents him from understanding why he is set to be executed.

[Kickass Conservative]

So, if Joementia Biden Murdered someone he wouldn’t get the Death Penalty? Who knew?

When POTUS Trump debates him, they should be separated by a bullet proof partition.

[NormsRevenge]

Methinks Chutkan’s mental state is of more concern.

[USS Alaska]

There is a certain amount of merit in the Purkey case.

Historically, under the English Common Law, if a person was not considered to have the mental capacity to understand that they were about to be executed, and thus have a final opportunity to “make their peace with their Maker”, they could not legitimately be executed.

YUGE piles of bullshit.

English Common Law happened after 22 days not 22 years.

If he has dementia and it's really bad, execution is a blessing, maybe it would be better to just let him sit and eat his own feces.

S/Off {maybe}