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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 8h

Our Supreme Court is so very broken.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 8h

By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court refuses to consider whether the 6th Amendment was violated when a juror completely lost her mind and viciously coerced other jurors to return a death verdict even though they opposed it and voted 11-1 for life without parole. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

On the second day of deliberations, “even when the other
eleven jurors . . . voted for life without parole” in an internal
poll, “Chancey would not even consider it.” Id., at 71a–72a.
At that point, the foreperson wrote a note to the trial court
explaining that the jurors were “‘unable to come to a
unanimous decision on either death or life imprisonment
without parole as a sentence.’ ” Id., at 9a. Chancey,
believing the note as written would result in a mistrial,
revised the note to say that the jurors were “‘currently
unable to come to a unanimous decision.’” Id., at 9a–10a.
The court instructed the jury to continue deliberating.
Chancey then “snapped.” Humphreys v. Sellers, No.
1:18–cv–02534 (ND Ga., Sept. 19, 2018), ECF Doc. 42–7, p.
443. She yelled, cursed, and screamed that she would “stay
[t]here till forever if ” that is what it took “for [Humphreys]
to get death.” App. to Pet. for Cert. 9a. She threw the
victims’ photos across the table and demanded, “‘[D]o you
want this to happen to someone you know?’” Ibid. She
reminded the jurors of the similar details of her own attack,
and told them that “‘they had to reach a unanimous
decision or [Humphreys] would be paroled,’” which was not
true under Georgia law. Ibid. She then levied personal

attacks against the jurors and refused to engage in any
debate.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, jury deliberations almost
completely broke down. Screaming could be overheard from
the courtroom. One juror “‘took a swing’” at Chancey and
punched a hole in the wall. Ibid. Jurors were seen crying
on several occasions. A juror later recalled that “it was as
if an evil force took over . . . Chancey.” ECF Doc. 33–12,
p. 13. The foreperson even wrote a note asking to be
removed from the jury because of the “‘hostile nature of one
of the jurors.’” App. to Pet. for Cert. 12a. The court instead
gave an Allen charge and instructed the jury to deliberate
further. See Allen v. United States, 164 U. S. 492 (1896). It
also rejected defense counsel’s renewed motion for a
mistrial. On the third morning of deliberations, the jury
returned a unanimous verdict of death.
The above facts constitute a likely violation of
Humphreys’s Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury.
The problem for Humphreys is that these facts came to light
largely through juror affidavits and juror testimony
obtained after the trial. The Georgia courts held this
evidence inadmissible under Georgia’s no-impeachment
rule, which generally prohibits the use of juror testimony to
impeach a verdict, even in death penalty cases. See App. to
Pet. for Cert. 325a (citing Spencer v. State, 260 Ga. 640, 643,
398 S. E. 2d 179, 184 (1990)). The no-impeachment rule,
however, is not an absolute shield, and in extreme cases it
must give way to constitutional guarantees.

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Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · 8h

My first year and a half as a full-time sportswriter, my employer didn't give me health insurance and I couldn't get it privately because of having asthma. I had to pay out of pocket for Advair, the expensive preventative that kept me from having major, ER-visit kind of attacks.

Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 9h

People have bad memories; before the ACA people with serious health issues either had to pay ridiculous prices (thousands of dollars a month) or were denied insurance altogether. Republicans want to bring back that world.

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they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social · 11h

“Israeli” ceasefires only ever apply to the other party. They’ll continue to kill whomever they want, whenever they want until they are stopped. They see themselves as occupying an altogether different moral plane than their enemies, like any colonizer.

Tweet from Quds News Network @QudsNen
BREAKING: Three Palestinians were killed after Israeli quadcopter drones opened fire on residents inspecting their homes in the Shujaiyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 19h

Just! One! Whiff of that fog, and you’re inside out!

Noah the introvert @introvertnudist.com · 12d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free?

Mine is when Abe goes "Oh, bitch bitch bitch"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R7q...

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 21h

The world sucks but my kid loves reading

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 21h

Baldwin! Aaalec Baldwin!
He shot someone and walked Scot free!
Baldwin! Aaalec Baldwin!
He’s about to hit a chestnut tree!

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Pitt Mike @pittmike37.bsky.social · 22h

PSU fans: we want Coach Cignetti!

*monkeys paw curls*

PSU AD: Now introducing Head Coach Frank Cignetti!

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 21h

This is the Oregon Duck’s car, isn’t it

Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 22h

HD Opinions

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Again, every time this happens, we literally have no idea if the masked, plainclothes people are actual government agents, or private citizens acting in party-affiliated paramilitaries. The whole point of IDs & uniforms & no masks is that we know these things.

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll never forget what @mariabamford.bsky.social said about it, that it’s some of the best healthcare you can get in this country

Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 1d

Oooooohhh

Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 1d

Remember how there used to be Amazon dash buttons that placed reorders of shit when you pressed them? I need one of those that places a panic call from my phone, when pressed. I could mount it somewhere and leave it for an emergency. “Emergency? Push the button!”

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 1d

At this rate I want to cross-stitch a sampler with my museum’s deaccession policy on it

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 1d

“If it’s unlocked, that’s easy, just use the phone app and call 911! No, not FaceTime. I know that’s how we call Gran, but this is different. Okay in phone, find the keypad…”

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✨pb✨ gag on it @pbthankyou.bsky.social · 1d

Free whistles on Clark just north of Lawrence out front of the funeral care by Village Discount

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 1d

“If something’s wrong, find mommy’s phone. You might need to plug it in. See the side buttons? Push the little one on the side a bunch. No, no like that. Wait let me lock it. Okay, try now. No…no… okay, there, now see where it says “emergency call?” Hit that. When they answer…”

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 1d

I have a handful memorized, even now. Once upon a time I was also taught “dial 9-1-1 in emergencies” as a child and that’s way harder to teach a kid now with cell phones

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about watching this Indiana team this year is realizing how many cfb commentators don’t know ball at all, are dumb as shit, and rely too much on brands when sizing up teams. #iufb

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 1d

We’re tent people, mostly for napping purposes, but the cheapo tent carry case busts its zipper so often it’s risking getting cut from our supply list

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Steve Stevers @stevesteverers.whaleoilcandles.com · 1d

This was every primary for the entire time we lived in texas

I'd vote in the GOP primary to try damage control and it was all whackadoodle insane people as options, while my wife had to difficult choices in the Dem primary between extremely qualified candidates

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

In a recent school board election I had a choice between a right wing "soccer mom" who thinks a) George Floyd was a criminal who probably deserved to die, b) that "they" are controlling the weather & doing mass murder with vaccines vs. a 2nd gen Mexican-American liberal with a Masters in Education.

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 1d

Do you take a tent to the beach or do you rawdog it

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

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Lone Star Hemby Appreciator @stoatcat.bsky.social · 1d

Future Danny McBride biopic vehicle

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

Good Place:

Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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