Texas death row inmate Scott Pannetti filled out his last wish packet with some odd requests. His lawyers say he's insane and should not be put to death.

The letter from a death row inmate to his parents complained about occult activity but it also addressed more mundane matters. It said, "Mom, please send money." The prisoner's preparations for his execution were similarly outlandish and conventional. Scott Panetti wanted Jesus Christ to witness his execution and he requested a last meal with pie, coffee and a fresh cigar — preferably Honduran. "No, I repeat, no Cuban cigars," he wrote in the packet of forms that death row inmates receive when their executions approach.

One shrink says he understands his death sentence. Others say differently.

Psychologist Mark Cunningham rejected the suggestion that Panetti can understand his death sentence if he can rationally discuss other topics. Cunningham said Panetti seems most lucid when he's in familiar surroundings or talking about mundane topics. But as his anxiety increases, so do his delusions. And, when it comes to Panetti's death sentence, Cunningham said he was convinced the convict believes he is being punished for preaching by the forces of evil.

His trial was a mess.

Panetti, who turned his 1995 trial into a spectacle by defending himself while wearing a cowboy outfit and trying to subpoena God, claims the state wants to kill him because he preaches the Gospel.

The court heard two days of testimony this week. Panetti's family attended.