U.S. District Judge Jennifer B. Coffman threw out a death row inmate's sentence...

U.S. District Judge Jennifer B. Coffman threw out a death row inmate's sentenc, saying a doctor unconstitutionally testified about information the inmate shared with his attorney.
Judge Coffman ruled that Parramore Lee Sanborn, awaiting execution for the October 1983 kidnapping, rape and murder of Barbara Heilman, should get a new sentencing hearing.
Coffman said Dr. Victoria Skelton violated Sanborn's right to attorney-client privilege by asking him about confidential conversations, then telling prosecutors and testifying about what she learned.
Skelton, a psychiatrist, examined Sanborn because he was claiming extreme emotional distress at the time of the murder.
Sanborn, 62, was originally convicted and sentenced to death in March 1984. The Kentucky Supreme Court reversed that decision in 1988 and granted Sanborn a new trial. He was convicted and sentenced to death again in 1991.