James Olsen
Scott Mazillo
Regina Clemens and Montanzima Banks
Pa. Supreme Court weighs competency of mass killer
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is weighing whether a man convicted of killing 13 people is competent to face execution.
The Citizens' Voice of Wilkes-Barre says an attorney for 68-year-old mass murderer George Banks told the high court that the defendant is completely psychotic.
But a state prosecutor argued in Harrisburg on Tuesday that Banks has moments of clarity and the capability to understand he is facing the death penalty.
Banks has been on death row since being convicted of a 1982 shooting rampage in Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township.
A Luzerne County judge ruled in May that Banks is incompetent to help his attorneys and unfit for execution. Prosecutors want the high court to overturn the decision.
http://www.centredaily.com/2010/11/3...#ixzz16qQKw9Vk
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