Three stays of execution were issued on February 4th in cases in Florida, Texas, and Pennsylvania. The United States Supreme Court briefly stayed an execution in Florida to examine the appeal from Johnny Robinson. However, the Court voted 5-4 to allow the execution to take place. In Pennsylvania, the March 11 execution of Kenneth Miller was stayed by a Philadelphia court. In Texas, a 60-day stay was granted to Scott Panetti who was to be executed February 5. Panetti, who in the decade prior to his death sentence was sent to mental institutions 14 times, is schizophrenic and his lawyers argued that he is unable to comprehend the reason for his execution. For more on Panetti, Click Here. See also DPIC’s page on Mental Illness. (Associated Press, February 4th and 5th, 2004)