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Mentally disabled man wins execution stay in Florida
A convicted murderer who has spent 34 years on death row won a last minute stay of execution, as judges agreed to consider whether he was mentally competent. John Ferguson, who says he is the “Prince of God” and had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, had been scheduled to be…
Florida inmate found fit to be executed despite mental illness
Florida judge rules John Ferguson can be put to death despite US supreme court ruling barring execution of the mentally ill A Florida judge has ruled that a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who believes he is the “Prince of God” and is convinced that he will be resurrected to sit for…
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