Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti (2007)
• January 1st, 2007 • 0h 27min
Documentary
Overview
Scott Panetti was tried for the capital murder of his parents-in-law on September 8, 1992 in Gillespie County, Texas. He was subsequently sentenced to death on September 22, 1995. Panetti has an extensive history of mental illness, including schizophrenia, manic depression, auditory hallucinations and paranoia. Panetti was hospitalized, both voluntarily and involuntarily for mental illness fourteen times in six different hospitals before his arrest for capital murder in 1992. Following his conviction, Panetti’s former wife, and daughter of the victims, Sonja Alvarado, filed a petition stating that Panetti never should have been tried for the crimes as he was suffering from paranoid delusions at the time of the killings.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Running for His Life: The Lawrence Phillips Story
Released on: 2016-12-16
Documentary, Drama
Feature length documentary examining the troubled life and tragic death of college football standout...
Freedom Downtime
Released on: 2001-01-01
Documentary
A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.
Hardcore El Picante
Released on: 2013-05-02
Documentary, Music
A short Doc/Music Collage of the DIY shows at Taqueria El Picante. Featuring bands from all around D...
2 or 3 Things I Know About Him
Released on: 2005-04-07
Documentary, Drama
What would your family reminiscences about dad sound like if he had been an early supporter of Hitle...
Two Spirits
Released on: 2009-06-21
Documentary
Fred Martinez was a Navajo youth slain at the age of 16 by a man who bragged to his friends that he ...
Gemma: My Murder
Released on: 2019-05-04
Documentary
In August 2010, the body of 27 year old Gemma Hayter was found, tortured and naked, on a disused rai...
Rainy in Glenageary
Released on: 2019-04-16
Documentary, Crime, Animation
An experimental true crime documentary based on the unsolved murder of Raonaid Murray, a 17-year-old...
Extreme Life & Death: The Blair Witches of Shockumentaries, Part One
Released on: 2000-07-31
Horror, Documentary
A compilation of various accidents, disasters, executions, and other acts of mayhem and human feats ...
Strong Island
Released on: 2017-01-23
Documentary
Examining the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his kill...
How the West Was One
Released on: 2024-06-30
Western, Documentary
In a contemporary reimagining of the American West, three young women - a snake hunter, a New York a...
Grindcore Vacation
Released on: 2022-12-23
Documentary
Grindcore Vacation melds the expository documentary, diary film, and live performance footage to pro...
The Karma Killings
Released on: 2016-12-15
Thriller, Documentary, Crime, Mystery
"The Karma Killings," is a modern-day crime thriller mixed in with Indian mythology and class warfar...
Trial by Fury: The People v. Scott Peterson
Released on: 2016-04-02
Documentary
A heinous crime unleashes a media firestorm trial that lands Scott Peterson on death row for the mur...
Tupac Assassination Conspiracy Or Revenge
Released on: 2009-01-12
Documentary, Music
Tupac: Assassination is a documentary film about the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The fil...
Shipbuilder
Released on: 1985-01-01
Documentary
This film recreates the true story of Tom Sukanen, an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in...
Rashawn's Desire: The Untold Story of Rashawn Brazell
Released on:
Documentary
RASHAWN'S DESIRE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF RASHAWN BRAZELL is a feature-length documentary film that clos...
Mr. Untouchable
Released on: 2007-10-25
Crime, Documentary
The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord...
The Vanishing Trial
Released on:
Documentary, Crime, Drama
“The Vanishing Trial” looks into “trial penalty,” the term used to describe the substantially longer...
Uncle Bob
Released on: 2010-06-26
Documentary
Robert Oppel's documentary about the life and murder of his uncle and namesake, Robert Opel, the man...
My Life Inside
Released on: 2007-01-16
Documentary
Rosa is a Mexican woman who, at the age of 17, migrated illegally to Austin, Texas. Some years later...