An Oklahoma judge has determined that a death row inmate is not competent to be executed for his role in the 1999 slayings of two people. Pittsburg County Judge Michael Hogan issued an order Thursday in the case involving 61-year-old James Ryder.
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows James Chandler Ryder. An Oklahoma judge ruled Thursday, March 28, 2024, that Ryder, a death row inmate, is not competent to be executed for his role in the 1999 slayings of a mother and son. FILE - This undated photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows James Chandler Ryder.
Hogan’s decision followed a competency hearing this week in which two experts for Ryder’s defense testified that he suffers from a psychotic disorder diagnosed as schizophrenia. An expert for the state testified he believes Ryder is competent to sufficiently and rationally understand why he is being executed and that this execution is imminent.
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