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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
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      Two executions were scheduled for tonight. One is off. The other is stayed, but Ark AG has asked #SCOTUS to step in.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/monday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.yo3lreRmLg#.obj7XA2jbr …

      4 replies 27 retweets 21 likes
    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Davis' lawyers respond, opposing Ark AG's request that #SCOTUS vacate the Ark Supr Ct stay of execution for Davis. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/monday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.up4r32z4XA#.jjlevgAyWY …pic.twitter.com/TxfSeP0Ug0

      2 replies 5 retweets 7 likes
    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Here's the latest from @BuzzFeedNews on where things stand w/ Arkansas, which wanted to hold two executions tonight. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/monday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.lqmdVjban9#.nlaXzOM14N …pic.twitter.com/yQrq3nkmb0

      1 reply 13 retweets 9 likes
    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @BuzzFeedNews

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Alan Blinder

      Two hours until Arkansas' death warrant for Don Davis expires. Alan, with the NYT, is at the prison —>https://twitter.com/alanblinder/status/854165464863428609 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      Alan Blinder @alanblinder
      Cell service is poor at this Arkansas prison. No updates from here. Just more than two hours until Don Davis's death warrant expires.
      1 reply 7 retweets 7 likes
    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @BuzzFeedNews

      The state supreme court stayed the execution, but Arkansas' AG went to #SCOTUS. My report:https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/monday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.lqmdVjban9#.nlaXzOM14N …

      1 reply 3 retweets 6 likes
    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      The Davis response at #SCOTUS is really well done — especially for these last-hour filings. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3672056-SCOTUS-Davis-Response.html …pic.twitter.com/3ezN2JH07T

      2 replies 8 retweets 25 likes
    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Alan Blinder

      Meanwhile, the prison officials in Arkansas —>https://twitter.com/alanblinder/status/854178217040760832 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      Alan Blinder @alanblinder
      Arkansas officials just spoke at the state prison where a man may be put to death. They say there's still "ample time" for the execution.
      2 replies 5 retweets 7 likes
    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Midazolam was used in the 2014 execution of Joseph Wood in Arizona. His execution lasted nearly two hours.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-ends-stay-of-execution-for-man-who-sued-for-ac?utm_term=.txk3Eml5qe#.owpLBeYdp6 …

      2 replies 8 retweets 11 likes
    9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      That Arizona execution, we later learned, had seriously gone awry. https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/arizona-used-15-doses-of-lethal-drugs-to-execute-inmate?utm_term=.isZM0K9VwY#.km8Ej6zadQ …pic.twitter.com/uJEWm9hOTl

      3 replies 7 retweets 9 likes
    10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Midnight in DC. Still no word from #SCOTUS on Arkansas' request to vacate a stay of execution granted by Ark Sup Ct.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/monday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.clqZKnzk4y#.yaEkB37Gyw …

      2 replies 4 retweets 4 likes
      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017

      Let's be clear, though. #SCOTUS stepping in to vacate a stay of execution granted by a state supreme court would be very unusual.

      9:04 PM - 17 Apr 2017
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I don't recall that happening even once in the three years I've been following the final-days execution litigation process.

          2 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Another time when #SCOTUS wasn't ruling on a stay request, eventually the state — Georgia — just called things off. https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/only-woman-on-georgias-death-row-set-to-be-executed?utm_term=.doPxXv71Jp#.pu4dZr1Xmz …pic.twitter.com/swnoBHm9Sn

          1 reply 4 retweets 8 likes
        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          We later found out why, though. Georgia's drugs had issues. https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/only-woman-on-georgias-death-row-set-to-be-executed?utm_term=.doPxXv71Jp#.pu4dZr1Xmz …pic.twitter.com/iW5tTI662P

          1 reply 2 retweets 6 likes
        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Steve Pope

          This raises an interesting point. Usually, at this point, there's no stay: the inmate is asking #SCOTUS for a stay.https://twitter.com/Stevelpope/status/854186327809642496 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Steve Pope @Stevelpope
          Replying to @chrisgeidner
          I wonder if officials will insert the IV lines in anticipation of a last-minute decision?
          1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes
        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Here, there's a stay. The state does not have the authority to execute Don Davis. Beginning the process w/ a stay could lead to trouble.

          3 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Alan Blinder

          This is what they're doing in Arkansas tonight.https://twitter.com/alanblinder/status/854185908962242560 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Alan Blinder @alanblinder
          Spokesman for Arkansas's governor says the state is "moving witnesses into place" ahead of possible execution here at the Cummins Unit.
          3 replies 8 retweets 10 likes
        8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Jessi Turnure

          JR Davis is Ark. Gov. Hutchinson's spokesperson. I cannot attest to the factual basis for this statement, tho. —>https://twitter.com/JessiTurnure/status/854185816956047362 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Jessi Turnure @JessiTurnure
          JUST IN: @JR__Davis says #SCOTUS is very close on decision, moving witnesses into place. #arnews
          2 replies 5 retweets 7 likes
        9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          30 minutes left on the death warrant.

          1 reply 4 retweets 5 likes
        10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Legally speaking, I think it must be asked what has to happen before the warrant expires. Does execution have to take place, begin, what?

          2 replies 6 retweets 15 likes
        11. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          And, whatever it must be, what does that term "take place," "begin," whatever it is, mean precisely?

          3 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
        12. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Chris Geidner Retweeted David Menschel

          Here it is:https://twitter.com/davidminpdx/status/854191285598535681 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          David Menschel @davidminpdx
          Replying to @chrisgeidner
          "will carry into effect." pic.twitter.com/tTMrNcqM18
          2 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
        13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Do the Arkansas officials, where an execution hasn't taken place since 2005, know what the confines of "will carry into effect" are?

          4 replies 3 retweets 13 likes
        14. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Alan Blinder

          Notably, the state won't answer:https://twitter.com/alanblinder/status/854191849799639040 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Alan Blinder @alanblinder
          Replying to @chrisgeidner
          We posed that question here. State officials would not answer.
          1 reply 3 retweets 5 likes
        15. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          15 minutes left for the state to "carry into effect" the execution, if stay is lifted.

          2 replies 3 retweets 3 likes
        16. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          BREAKING: #SCOTUS DENIES ARKANSAS' REQUEST TO LIFT THE STAY. No execution tonight. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/monday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.clqZKnzk4y#.yaEkB37Gyw …pic.twitter.com/wYmpWCKM3P

          10 replies 239 retweets 323 likes
        17. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          There are NO noted dissents.

          5 replies 31 retweets 78 likes
        18. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Updated Report —> Arkansas Thwarted In Attempt To Carry Out Scheduled Executions:https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/monday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.nvbkZP4o2l …

          3 replies 25 retweets 38 likes
        19. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          FINAL REPORT FOR THE NIGHT: Arkansas Thwarted In Attempt To Carry Out First Two Of Eight Scheduled Executions https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/monday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.cyK05L49Pd#.kjrJ9ldrEp …pic.twitter.com/EdX1o2LtF4

          2 replies 23 retweets 34 likes
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        1. Zach Harpole‏ @zharpole 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          what even would be the reasoning behind such a move?

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        1. DaveP‏ @DPPFL59 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          That is true. I cannot recall that happening.

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