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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016

      BREAKING: #SCOTUS denies stay of execution to Ronald Smith Jr. in Alabama on 4-4 vote. https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/alabama-execution-ronald-smith?utm_term=.elJO0Yz21K#.qmE4renqJ0 …pic.twitter.com/iH2GCo0YIs

      14 replies 126 retweets 59 likes
    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Note: There's no mention of the cert petition — the formal request for #SCOTUS to hear an appeal. It only takes four votes to hear a case.

      1 reply 20 retweets 13 likes
    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      This is extraordinary. The Chief Justice — and Justice Kennedy — declined to grant a stay of execution when four justices wished to do so.

      10 replies 103 retweets 76 likes
      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016

      A month ago, Chief Justice Roberts provided the fifth vote for a stay of execution in Alabama: "I vote to grant the stay as a courtesy."pic.twitter.com/pRad0G0N9D

      5:38 PM - 8 Dec 2016
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Today, with the same state's law in question, Roberts denied a stay. #SCOTUS procedures are such that no explanation need be given.

          4 replies 37 retweets 28 likes
        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Another note: Today's case is a "judicial override" case. The jury recommended life, but the judge nonetheless sentenced Smith to death.

          4 replies 47 retweets 44 likes
        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          So, we have ANOTHER temporary stay of execution in Smith's case. Here is the basis of the new request from Smith's lawyerspic.twitter.com/kTWinl3FSf

          2 replies 18 retweets 18 likes
        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Here is the full #SCOTUS motion: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3234848/Reconsideration.pdf … / Here is Thomas's new temporary stay of execution:pic.twitter.com/iXFqrcqG4C

          1 reply 26 retweets 18 likes
        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          AL execution was set for 6p CT. Still awaiting SCOTUS decision on motion to reconsider stay of execution request.https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/alabama-execution-ronald-smith?utm_term=.ohG5LeY2p …

          2 replies 11 retweets 6 likes
        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          #SCOTUS DENIES motion for reconsideration in Roland Smith's case. Stay is vacated; AL execution can proceed. https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/alabama-execution-ronald-smith?utm_term=.ebG6GPMWKp#.icqJGPdRX9 …pic.twitter.com/nnmHhrTglu

          3 replies 29 retweets 6 likes
        8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          After all that: The Supreme Court, on a 4-4 vote, allowed an execution to proceed tonight. The motion for reconsideration was for naught.

          8 replies 43 retweets 21 likes
        9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          No justices noted a dissent to the denial of stay as requested in the motion for reconsideration — a fact we can now ponder the meaning of.

          2 replies 14 retweets 12 likes
        10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          [Error in an earlier tweet: It is Ronald Smith, not Roland. Apologies.]

          2 replies 6 retweets 3 likes
        11. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          JUST IN: Ronald Smith Jr.'s attorneys have filed a request at #SCOTUS for a stay of execution regarding Alabama's method of execution.pic.twitter.com/bJmHl2D8F6

          2 replies 22 retweets 17 likes
        12. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Here's is the method of execution stay request, which would be an appeal out of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3234856/16A570-SCOTUS-Application-for-Stay-of-Execution-LI.pdf …

          1 reply 10 retweets 4 likes
        13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Breaking: Justice Thomas denied the lethal injection challenge-related stay request. The request was not referred to the full court.

          2 replies 30 retweets 17 likes
        14. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Fully updated report on tonight's 4-4- split #SCOTUS on whether an Alabama execution can proceed:https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/alabama-execution-ronald-smith?utm_term=.bl6NoW95zY#.vm8B9N2r1j …

          3 replies 16 retweets 6 likes
        15. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @BuzzFeedNews

          Alabama has executed Ronald Smith Jr. Half of the Supreme Court wanted to halt it; 7 of 12 jurors recommended life.https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/alabama-execution-ronald-smith?utm_term=.bhV5ew5WP#.pggGZnGl9 …

          6 replies 34 retweets 11 likes
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        1. MONSTRuss‏ @MassivRuss 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          "A month ago"? Hm. What else happened a month ago? Who else stopped GIVING A FUCK A MONTH AGO?

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