And, here is Lee's stay application that I suspected would be coming out of the 8th Circuit DNA case denial: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3675179-16A1018-Stay-App-CA8.html …pic.twitter.com/bqu0hrDRTd
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BREAKING: #SCOTUS denies all five requests for a stay of execution for Ledell Lee. There are no noted dissents. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/thursday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.tdgm76pY3O#.qxMRBr0mjP …pic.twitter.com/G6m2ddgWHS
The previous stay of execution for Ledell Lee entered by Justice Alito has been lifted.
UPDATED: Supreme Court Won’t Stop Arkansas From Its First Execution In More Than A Decadehttps://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/thursday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.saKnGk19XA …
The state is going ahead:https://twitter.com/alanblinder/status/855278294551240705 …
FULL REPORT: After #SCOTUS Stay Denials, Arkansas Official Says The State Is Executing Ledell Lee Tonight —> https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/thursday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.nepN8xW75V#.sbO8WZ724O …pic.twitter.com/HKURkKdZXz
Arkansas death warrants say DOC director "will carry into effect the judgment and sentence" on date X.https://twitter.com/davidminpdx/status/854191285598535681 …
What does that mean needs to be done by the end of today in Arkansas (which comes in less than 7 minutes)?
BREAKING: Arkansas Carries Out Its First Execution In More Than A Decade. Ledell Lee's time of death: 11:56p CT. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/thursday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.irVyZX31B9 …pic.twitter.com/l1UAkNcYPg
The 7th execution in the US this year, Ledell Lee's execution is the first across the nation in more than a month.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/thursday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.os0MEVAr2O#.os0MEVAr2O …
Thanks much to the reporters at the prison in Arkansas whose work has been essential: @JessiTurnure, @alanblinder, & @dawnerscott.
My final update for the night: Arkansas Carries Out Its First Execution In More Than A Decade —> https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/thursday-arkansas-executions-story?utm_term=.xx8PWla4oX#.dj61eoNy0J …pic.twitter.com/8rSY9kfhJf
[Thus ends Thursday's thread — two hours into Friday.]
Thou shalt not kill.
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