Death row: UN experts urge US authorities to stop execution of Scott Panetti, a mentally ill prisoner -- DisplayNews
UN
experts Christof Heyns and Juan E. Méndez urge the United States to
stop the execution of Scott Panetti, a prisoner with proven psychosocial
disabilities, due to be carried out on Wednesday 3 December: http://sm.ohchr.org/1FJFtSp -
“It is a violation of death penalty safeguards to impose capital
punishment on individuals suffering from psychosocial disabilities,” UN
Special Rapporteur Heyns warns.
