Eight Supreme Court justices were asked to vacate a stay of execution. They split 4-4 on it, so the stay remains.http://wpo.st/8HrZ1
This isn't a 4-4 split so the lower court decision controls. It's a request that took 5 votes to be granted.
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am I wrong or is this the first one since Charles Warner in Jan. 2015 that fell short by one justice? I can't think of another
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Well, but that went in the other direction, obviously. I ~think~ there have been other four-dissent votes.

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Missouri there have been some no?
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I ~believe~ so.
@csmcdaniel recall? -
I also feel like
@fordm may have this rattling around in his head somewhere, too -
storey and johnson went 5-4 in opposite directions, I think. Maybe another as well.
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ah damn, there we go.
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and Clayton in Missouri as well, I just realized
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