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,Nov 07, 2019
Justen Hall Executed in Second 2019 Texas Case to Raise Questions of Competency
Texas executed Justen Hall (pictured) on November 6, 2019 in the second Texas case of the year to present significant questions as to a prisoner’s competency to be executed. Hall, a mentally ill death-row prisoner who had given up his appeals, had attempted suicide and had told courts on multiple occasions that he wanted to be executed. His lawyers — with whom he had refused to speak since 2017 — said Hall exhibited symptoms of serious mental illness, including hallucinations, paranoia, and…