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To: circlecity

Tie decisions mean the lower court’s decision holds.

It means no executions would have occurred.


33 posted on 04/21/2017 10:07:43 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: ConservativeMind
"Tie decisions mean the lower court’s decision holds.It means no executions would have occurred."

He was petitioning the USSC for a stay. He lost in the lower courts. A tie means no stay and the execution goes forward.

47 posted on 04/21/2017 11:21:21 AM PDT by circlecity
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