▁They ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁defense ▁needed ▁to ▁conduct ▁" an ▁investigation ▁into ▁the ▁def endant ' s ▁background ▁for ▁possible ▁mit ig ating ▁evidence ." ▁Frank ' s ▁att or ne ys ▁introduced ▁the ▁testim ony ▁of ▁psych iat rist s ▁who ▁said ▁that ▁possible ▁tra um atic ▁events ▁in ▁Frank ' s ▁child hood ▁could ▁have ▁affected ▁her ▁behavior ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁mur ders ▁and ▁she ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁suffering ▁from ▁post - tra um atic ▁stress ▁dis order . ▁A ▁psych iat rist ▁retained ▁by ▁the ▁state ▁disag re ed ▁that ▁Frank ▁showed ▁sympt oms ▁of ▁tra uma ; ▁he ▁agreed ▁with ▁the ▁diagn osis ▁of ▁n arc iss istic ▁person ality ▁dis order ▁with ▁ant iso cial ▁t endencies ▁given ▁to ▁Frank ▁by ▁do ctors ▁at ▁the ▁Louisiana ▁Cor re ction al ▁Institute ▁for ▁Women . ▁On ▁May ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁state ▁Louisiana ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁ruled ▁ 5 – 2 ▁that ▁the ▁death ▁penalty ▁should ▁be ▁u ph eld . ▁ ▁On ▁April ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁District ▁Judge ▁Frank ▁Mar ul lo ▁signed ▁the ▁death ▁war rant ▁for ▁Anto in ette ▁Frank . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁war rant , ▁Frank ▁was ▁scheduled ▁for ▁execution ▁by ▁le th al ▁injection ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁In ▁May , ▁however , ▁the ▁Louisiana ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁issued ▁a ▁ 9 0 - day ▁stay ▁of ▁execution ▁effective ▁June ▁