Inmate to Ask Barbour for Delay -- Attorneys Want Burns to Undergo Mental Evaluation

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JACKSON - Attorneys for death row inmate Joseph Daniel Burns, now scheduled for execution on Wednesday, will ask Gov. Haley Barbour for help in getting Burns a mental examination.

"Joseph Burns has a history of head injuries. He began using drugs at the age of 10. Both of these factors are known to cause brain damage. No court has ever allowed a mental health expert to test Joseph for brain damage," his attorney, Glenn S. Swartzfager, director of the Office of Capital Post Conviction Counsel, said in a statement.

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Inmate to Ask Barbour for Delay -- Attorneys Want Burns to Undergo Mental Evaluation

"The Mississippi Supreme Court denied this request even though we w...

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