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There have been 21 executions in America in 2019. Texas would like to make it 22 tomorrow in a case where a discredited witness for the prosecution testified at sentencing. Read about Travis Trevino Runnels' case here: texasmonthly.com/politics/texas…
Read @cd_hooks' full report in @TexasMonthly, which delves into how claims of "future dangerousness" have been misused by Texas to send people to their death and what that means for Runnels now: texasmonthly.com/politics/texas…
Runnels' lawyers currently have a petition pending at #SCOTUS on this issue, seeking review and a stay of execution. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
Reminder that Texas is seeking to execute Travis Trevino Runnels tonight, the final scheduled execution in the US in 2019. His request to halt his scheduled execution is pending before #SCOTUS: supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
Breaking: #SCOTUS has denied Travis Trevino Runnels’ request for a stay of execution. No dissents were noted. Texas is scheduled to execute him tonight, in spite of a discredited state witness who testified at his sentencing.
Travis Trevino Runnels has been executed by the state of Texas.
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Trump went after Philly’s reformer DA, @DA_LarryKrasner, tonight — picking up on the attacks Larry has received from Trump’s US Attorney there, McSwain, and on the heels of FOP officials, including at least one from Philly, meeting with Trump in a no-press meeting last Friday.
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This is outrageous ‼ The #UK is #blocking a Spanish Judge from getting testimony from #Assange - re: the US SPYING on him while at Embassy- to #protect the #US #extradition case from being #thrown out of Court

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