A death row inmate’s attorneys are asking the court to reverse a lower court’s decision that declined to decide eligibility for capital punishment.

A death row inmate set to be executed later this year has asked the state Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling and consider whether he's incompetent to be executed.

Historical data from the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) provides a glimpse of how Mississippi carried out the death penalty. Mississippi has the highest rate of incarceration nationally.