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
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From Kent Faulk, Alabama has executed Tommy Arthur. —>https://twitter.com/krfaulk/status/867972351807201288 …
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
Alabama reporters here —>https://twitter.com/lyman_brian/status/867977547153145856 …
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 …
This tweet showed alone in my tl when I responded. Now seeing the rest..yeesh. I'd think scheduled to die 8x fits under "cruel & unusual".
Midazolam aside, the psychological impact of having your death planned (& stayed) repeatedly seems somewhat torturous.
I think it was rather slow last time with Bert Smith? Not sure why. (Now's not the time for a joke about Southerners taking their time)
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