Oklahoma judge rules death row inmate not competent to be executed

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

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. An Oklahoma judge ruled Thursday that a death row inmate is not competent to be executed for his role in the 1999 slayings of a mother and son.

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. Under Oklahoma law, an inmate is mentally incompetent to be executed if they are unable to have a rational understanding of the reason they are being executed or that their execution is imminent.

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