Death Row Inmate Seeks Execution; Judge to Decide Competency

Death Row Inmate Seeks Execution; Judge to Decide Competency
David Cox. Mississippi Department of Corrections
The Associated Press
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JACKSON, Miss.—A Mississippi judge will decide whether a death row inmate who says he wants to be executed is mentally competent to waive all his appeals.

The state Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the examination in the case of David Cox.