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.
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Revenue
Not disclosed
Studios
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Title
Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti
Released
Jan 1, 2007
Rated
Not rated
Region of Origin
United States of America
Original Audio
English
Runtime
27m
Status
Released
Studios
The Texas Defender Service, Off Center Media
