Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: A Maine man convicted of killing a 4-year-old girl by placing her in an oven because he thought she was a demon should be allowed to argue that mental illness prevented a timely appeal, a federal magistrate judge ruled. The magistrate's recommendation provides a possible opening for John Lane, 66, to appeal a crime that happened three decades ago. The Auburn man is serving a life prison sentence for placing Angela Palmer in an oven, turning up the heat and blocking her escape by putting a chair under the handle of the oven door. Elliott Epstein, an attorney who wrote a book about the shocking crime titled 'Lucifer's Child', told the Sun Journal newspaper of Lewiston that Lane still has hurdles to overcome to appeal the case.John Lane, 66, is serving life sentence for placing Angela Palmer in oven, turning up the heat and blocking her escape in 1984Lane believed 4-year-old girl was a scaly, green, fire-breathing creature who was going to kill her familyAngela's mother, Lane's live-in girlfriend Cynthia Palmer, was present in the apartment but did nothing to stop him 
 Question:_ contends his lawyer failed to move for a finding that he was incompetent to stand trial, to obtain records pertaining to mental health and a previous brain injury and to object to the sentence, among other things.

John Lane