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Insane Prisoner Cannot Be Executed

The United States Supreme Court held the Eighth Amendment prohibits the
state from inflicting the penalty of death upon a prisoner who is insane,
and that Florida Statute § 922.07 was inadequate to assure adequate facts
are developed to make a determination of a prisoner's mental state.
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