article_snippet: the U.S. Supreme Court and the governor declined to spare the 74-year-old whose attorneys said he had a diminished mental capacity because of
article_snippet: In their 11th-hour appeals, Clayton's attorneys had argued that the inmate deteriorating mental health left the inmate convinced the inmate conviction was a plot against the inmate and that God would rescue the inmate from a death sentence at the last minute, 'after which time the inmate will travel the country playing the piano and preaching the gospel.'
article_snippet: their 11th-hour appeals were ultimately rejected. '
highlights_snippet: An hour earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court had denied an appeal by Cecil Clayton lawyers who claimed their client had diminished mental capacity .
  