Hands Off Cain
INDIANA·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 11, 2001·1 MIN READ

The Indiana Supreme Court unsealed the fate of death-row...

The Indiana Supreme Court unsealed the fate of death-row inmate Vincent Prowell, sentenced to die for the 1993 murders of Denise Powers and Chris Fillbright outside the Green River Manor Apartments

The Indiana Supreme Court unsealed the fate of death-row inmate Vincent Prowell, sentenced to die for the 1993 murders of Denise Powers and Chris Fillbright outside the Green River Manor Apartments. He will be tried anew. In a quick and unanimous decision, the court sent the case back to Vanderburgh County with orders to vacate his guilty plea - accepted after Prowell's attorney vouched for his soundness of mind - and grant him a new trial. "It was (Prowell's) failure to admit to hallucinations that partially prevented" a psychologist from diagnosing him with paranoid schizophrenia. "This is reasoning straight out of 'Catch-22,'" the court wrote. "The state contends that if Prowell suffers from a disorder that causes him to deny its symptoms, he must be sane."
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  • (Sources: Evansville Courier & Press, 12-01-2001)