LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas judge has dismissed an effort to halt next week’s execution of a convicted killer despite his attorneys’ arguments that he is not mentally competent to be put to death.
Jefferson County Judge Jodi Raines Dennis on Friday dismissed the lawsuit by attorneys for Jack Greene. Greene is scheduled to be put to death on Thursday.
His attorneys have challenged a state law that allows the state’s top prison official to determine an inmate’s competency. Greene’s attorneys have argued he suffers from psychotic delusions.
Dennis ruled that the Arkansas Supreme Court has already upheld the constitutionality of the law. The judge says said she doesn’t have the power to stay Greene’s execution.
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