Podcast: How Crazy Is Too Crazy To Be Executed?

M*A*S*H* and Providence star Mike Farrell performs this audio version of Marc Bookman's Mother Jones essay, "How Crazy Is Too Crazy To Be Executed." It involves a profoundly mentally ill young man who was sentenced to die in Texas, and now lives in a prison psychiatric unit pending the outcome of his federal appeal. You can read the essay, along with a companion piece on other death penalty cases involving mentally ill prisoners, at www.motherjones.com/andre. Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/02/andre-thomas-death-penalty-mental-illness-texas Produced by Mike Mechanic & Brett Brownell Recorded at Chapman Recording & Mastering in Lenexa (Kansas City), MO Engineered by Evan Clark Edited by Brett Brownell Music: "Slidetrainbisquitchu" by Jared C. Balogh http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Balogh