University of Minnesota Law School Scholarship Repository Minnesota Law Review 1993 State v. Perry: Louisiana's Cure-to-Kill Scheme Forces Death-Row Inmates to Choose between a Life Sentence of Untreated Insanity and Execution Kristen Wenstrup Crosby Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Crosby, Kristen Wenstrup, "State v. Perry: Louisiana's Cure-to-Kill Scheme Forces Death-Row Inmates to Choose between a Life Sentence of Untreated Insanity and Execution" (1993). Minnesota Law Review. 1757. https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr/1757 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Minnesota Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Minnesota Law Review collection by an authorized administrator of the Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Comment State v. Perry: Louisiana's Cure-to-Kill Scheme Forces Death-Row Inmates to Choose Between a Life Sentence of Untreated Insanity and Execution Kristen Wenstrup Crosby A Louisiana court sentenced Michael Owen Perry to death for murdering his mother and father, as well as three other family members.' At the suggestion of the Louisiana Supreme Court,2 the trial court conducted hearings to determine whether Perry was competent 3 to be executed. 4 Although the 1. State v. Perry, 610 So. 2d 746, 748 (La. 1992). In a single evening Perry shot and killed his two cousins, his parents, and his two-year-old nephew. Id He shot each in the head from a short distance. I& Perry was found in a Washington, D.C.