{"id":40178,"date":"2025-08-22T10:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/death-row-inmates-fate-in-question-after-mental-health-hearing\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:15:10","slug":"death-row-inmates-fate-in-question-after-mental-health-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/death-row-inmates-fate-in-question-after-mental-health-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Row Inmate\u2019s Fate in Question After Mental Health Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jUy2kVctq-0?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>A South Carolina death row inmate convicted of killing two law enforcement officers is now at the center of a critical legal decision. Steven Bixby, sentenced to death in 2007, had his execution halted as questions arise about his mental competency. <\/p>\n<p>At a recent hearing in Greenville, expert testimony suggested Bixby suffers from severe psychological disorders, making him unable to understand legal proceedings or assist in his defense. A judge will now decide whether the execution can move forward.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd Watch the full story from WSPA 7 News and visit wspa.com for ongoing updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A South Carolina death row inmate convicted of killing two law enforcement officers is now at the center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}