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| Texas Inmate Faces Execution, Insanity Believed To Be An Act |
| By KEYE |
| Published: 03/04/2002 |
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Texas prison inmate Monty Delk says he's the warden at death row. He also claims to be King Louie of England, a police chief, commando, submarine captain and judge. He hasn't bathed in months and says he has no control of his life. Delk may not have much life left. Texas officials are scheduled to execute him on February 28. Prosecutors believe Delk's behavior is an act. The Anderson County district attorney who sent Delk to death row calls him, 'a faker.' The issue of Delk's competency was reviewed by his trial court in 1997. Delk was removed from the court after an outburst, and then later refused to be sworn in as a witness. The judge ruled the behavior was voluntary. Two years later, a prison doctor deemed him, quote: 'intact and oriented.' Delk's attorney is seeking another competency hearing and has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case. The Texas attorney general's office has objected, saying the Constitution does not require Delk to be competent to help an attorney with post-conviction appeals. A spokesman for the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty says Texas' criminal justice system lacks credibility and remains blood-thirsty. Delk was found guilty of the 1986 shooting of an East Texas man. Delk and the man had met to discuss the sale of the man's car. |
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