et rid of the devil he was sure had possessed the house. And this was hardly the first time he'd done something bizarre. Starting in his early 20s, Panetti had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, delusions, auditory hallucinations, and manic depression — he was hospitalized at least 14 times. Tw

reness in a context so far removed from reality that the punishment can serve no proper purpose." The 5th Circuit was ordered to further investigate Panetti's mental state based on this new "rational understanding" standard. But the Supreme Court's attempt to codify and expand upon the vague guidelines