SALEM, Ore. -- An Oregon judge has scheduled a hearing next month to decide whether death-row inmate Gary Haugen is competent to waive his appeals and be executed.
Haugen has been convicted twice of murder. He has been trying to speed up the date of his execution.
A psychologist is to examine Haugen later this month in preparation for the hearing. Marion County Circuit Court Judge Joseph Guimond said Wednesday the hearing will be Sept. 27.
Guimond held a similar competency hearing earlier this year, ruled that Haugen was competent to waive his appeals, and scheduled an execution for this month.
But that execution was cancelled after the state Supreme Court ruled that Haugen should be evaluated more thoroughly.
