The 11th Circuit granted the stay so it can consider the "consolidated appeals [of several inmates] in an orderly fashion."pic.twitter.com/l6kFjdFhtD
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The 11th Circuit granted the stay so it can consider the "consolidated appeals [of several inmates] in an orderly fashion."pic.twitter.com/l6kFjdFhtD
BREAKING: #SCOTUS vacates stay of execution previously granted by 11th Circuit to Robert Melson, due to be executed Thursday in Alabama.pic.twitter.com/ynME5A6VxO
Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor noted they would have denied the request.
Here was Alabama's request: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3859601-16A1200-Melson-App-Vacate-Stay.html … / Here was Melson's opposition:https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3859633-16A1200-Melson-Response-Vacate-Stay.html …
This decision sends things back to the 11th Circuit, which will now need to resolve his appeal before Thursday's scheduled execution.
11th Cir is hearing an appeal from several inmates & sought to avoid having to resolve Melson's claim before they could consider whole case.
With tonight's action, #SCOTUS is preventing the 11th Circuit's sought attempt at more careful consideration. It did so with no opinion.
Interesting, both in terms of the rationale & the unanimous panel that includes 2 Obama appointees & the senior active judge on the Circuit
That reasoning - essentially not commenting on the merits - sounds a bit usual to me as a layperson, is it?
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