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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 11, 2001

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

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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)