The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed the execution of a Texas prisoner with schizophrenia. Scott Panetti was due to be executed for murder Wednesday, despite a lengthy history of mental illness. He represented himself at trial and attempted to subpoena John F. Kennedy, the pope and Jesus Christ in his defense. In a statement, his attorneys called the ruling “the first step in a process which will clearly demonstrate that Mr. Panetti is too severely mentally ill to be executed.”