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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017

      This Alabama Inmate Is Set To Face An Execution For The Eighth Time: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/tommy-arthur-alabama-execution-2017?utm_term=.vcqEynl1DK … by @TasneemN

      10 replies 13 retweets 19 likes
    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

      Here's the pending cert petition at #SCOTUS in Tommy Arthur's case out of Alabama. It relates to phones. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3734259-16-1407-Arthur-Cert-Pet-CA11-Phone.html …pic.twitter.com/LV6VNVXYbR

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

      #SCOTUS grants temporary stay of execution to Tommy Arthur while considering his stay request. https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/tommy-arthur-alabama-execution-2017?utm_term=.omolmPWEvp#.hvg1r7NLxA …pic.twitter.com/cXE3hms6iy

      2 replies 20 retweets 32 likes
    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

      Arthur has a second cert petition/stay request: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3748666-16-1408-Arthur-Cert-Pet-CA11-LI.html …pic.twitter.com/HanbgIIrdD

      1 reply 3 retweets 5 likes
    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

      Still no word from #SCOTUS on Tommy Arthur's stay of AL execution requests. He has a temp stay from Thomas now.https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/tommy-arthur-alabama-execution-2017?utm_term=.hdo0XvwyPj#.msEV43EqX2 …

      3 replies 8 retweets 2 likes
    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

      It's past 11p — still no word from #SCOTUS on Tommy Arthur's stay of execution requests. Temp stay remains in place.https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/tommy-arthur-alabama-execution-2017?utm_term=.hdo0XvwyPj#.msEV43EqX2 …

      1 reply 2 retweets 7 likes
      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

      90 minutes left on the death warrant for Tommy Arthur in Alabama. Still no word from SCOTUS, which placed temp stay.https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/tommy-arthur-alabama-execution-2017?utm_term=.hdo0XvwyPj#.msEV43EqX2 …

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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

          BREAKING: #SCOTUS denies stay of execution for Tommy Arthur in Alabama. Sotomayor dissents. https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/tommy-arthur-alabama-execution-2017?utm_term=.hdo0XvwyPj#.msEV43EqX2 …pic.twitter.com/LxOrIJIe8Z

          2 replies 45 retweets 23 likes
        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

          Temporary stay of execution entered by Justice Thomas is vacated, allowing Alabama to proceed w/ Arthur's execution.https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/tommy-arthur-alabama-execution-2017?utm_term=.imrdQ7MJGk#.wl8z4lqOyx …

          1 reply 9 retweets 4 likes
        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

          Sotomayor: When "Arthur enters the execution chamber tonight, he will leave his constitutional rights at the door." https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/tommy-arthur-alabama-execution-2017?utm_term=.imrdQ7MJGk#.wl8z4lqOyx …pic.twitter.com/edeG6skoyA

          3 replies 32 retweets 15 likes
        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

          The state argued that there was no merit to his argument that his lawyers should have access to phones tonight: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3734257-16-1407-Arthur-BIO-CA11-Phone.html …pic.twitter.com/uWvkLpTyQX

          2 replies 4 retweets 4 likes
        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

          In their reply brief, Arthur's lawyers warned of the multiple constitutional interests they claim are at stake here. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3755240-16-1407-Arthur-Reply-CA11-Phone.html …pic.twitter.com/xV2I9yrKcn

          1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

          Tonight, only Sotomayor spoke out. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3755253-16-1407-16A1160-Arthur-Order.html …pic.twitter.com/AHiKGUUzOh

          2 replies 28 retweets 33 likes
        8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

          Updated story from @BuzzFeedNews on tonight's scheduled execution of Tommy Arthur in Alabama —>https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/tommy-arthur-alabama-execution-2017?utm_term=.qhdrDmg4L2#.gfq6qLbNxB …

          2 replies 3 retweets 3 likes
        9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN @BuzzFeedNews

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Kent Faulk

          .@aldotcom reporter —>https://twitter.com/krfaulk/status/867963032965586944 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Kent FaulkVerified account @krfaulk
          Yelling can be heard coming from within death row area of prison as reporters wait in van outside to witness #TommyArthur execution
          2 replies 2 retweets 1 like
        10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN and

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Elizabeth Gentle

          11:43p CT —>https://twitter.com/newsgirl448/status/867964273561026560 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Elizabeth Gentle @newsgirl448
          Media group arrived at Holman Prison to witness Tommy Arthur execution. No cellphones allowed inside @waff48
          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        11. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN and

          Sounds like Alabama is going to try to conduct an execution in the last minutes before the death warrant expires.

          2 replies 9 retweets 5 likes
        12. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN and

          Not sure what was going on that took them so long from the SCOTUS ruling to get everything together and ready to go. Some issue?

          3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Elizabeth Gentle

          FYI:https://twitter.com/newsgirl448/status/867970133515313152 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Elizabeth Gentle @newsgirl448
          Press conference to take place after execution. Remarks from media witnesses, Commissioner Jeff Dunn @waff48 pic.twitter.com/TAtxAMAki6
          2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
        14. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Kent Faulk

          From Kent Faulk, Alabama has executed Tommy Arthur. —>https://twitter.com/krfaulk/status/867972351807201288 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Kent FaulkVerified account @krfaulk
          #TommyArthur is executed on Alabama Death Row ... the execution began just before midnight.
          5 replies 9 retweets 5 likes
        15. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Alabama Executed A Man Tonight. It Was The Eighth Time He Was Supposed To Die. https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/tommy-arthur-alabama-execution-2017?utm_term=.kdNM80bxen … w/ @TasneemN

          1 reply 9 retweets 5 likes
        16. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Brian Lyman

          Alabama reporters here —>https://twitter.com/lyman_brian/status/867977547153145856 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Brian LymanVerified account @lyman_brian
          I have said before: Few things in my experience are more depressing than covering an execution. Enormous waste and loss on all sides. https://twitter.com/josh_moon/status/867977037608124416 …
          1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
        17. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @TasneemN

          Arthur was the 12th execution in the US in 2017. Next scheduled execution is also in Alabama: Robert Melson, 6/8.https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/tommy-arthur-alabama-execution-2017?utm_term=.lhpY1zXp6N#.stGYxDveAz …

          2 replies 5 retweets 3 likes
        18. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 25 May 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

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