As such, there are, technically, only two noted dissents to Hamm's stay request.
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Here is the Dunn v. Madison concurrence to which Breyer refers:https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/583/17-193/concur4.html …
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Note that both executions proceeding tonight resulted from death sentences reached by non-unanimous jury recommendations.
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Update on Doyle Hamm's scheduled Alabama execution. Media witness
@JackRoyer reports that the witnesses are still waiting in vans outside the building housing the execution chamber. https://twitter.com/JackRoyer/status/966890323765964802 …Chris Geidner added,
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In all, only one of the three executions that were slated to go ahead across the US at the beginning of the day had been carried out by the end of it.
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Note: More than 2.5 hours passed between the time the US Supreme Court lifted its temporary stay and the time the state called off the execution. So, I’m not quite sure I understand this explanation, unless there were issues —> https://twitter.com/jackroyer/status/966909618214416386 …
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Here is Doyle Hamm’s lawyer —>https://twitter.com/bernardharcourt/status/966912890811723776 …
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Bernard E. HarcourtVerified account @BernardHarcourtNo, I wasn’t gesturing that time was running out! I was communicating that they probably couldn’t find a vein and had been poking him for over 2 1/2 hours.... as I had told them since July! Unconscionable. Simply unconscionable. https://twitter.com/jackroyer/status/966907105591443456 …1 reply 9 retweets 10 likesShow this thread -
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Live update from Alabama on tonight’s called-off execution —> https://twitter.com/jackroyer/status/966916606507954176 …
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The Alabama Corrections head, Jeff Dunn, came out to speak without having spoken with medical personnel, so he basically couldn’t explain anything about what happened with Doyle Hamm from 9p to 11:30p CT. (Thanks much for live-streaming,
@JackRoyer.)pic.twitter.com/gcQbbVpAZO
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This was Justice Ginsburg’s dissenting opinion earlier tonight, explaining why she and Justice Sotomayor would have granted a stay of execution to Hamm.pic.twitter.com/5UWRDdSV8a
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The murdered is too old and sick to be executed, is her argument. His veins are not sufficient in which to inject sedatives for an execution for fear that it would cause undue suffering. Unconstitutionally painful. No such consideration for
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