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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 25-385 (25A378) CHARLES RAY CRAWFORD v. MISSISSIPPI ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI [October 15, 2025] The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is de-nied. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from the denial of application for stay and denial of certiorari. Charles Ray Crawford will be executed tonight for a crime that his own lawyers told the jury he committed, despite his express instructions not to do so. Had this case come to this Court on direct appeal, Crawford could have proved that his Sixth Amendment rights were violated under our decision in McCoy v. Louisiana, 584 U.S. 414 (2018), in which we held that lawyers may not override a defendant's explicit and unequivocal decision not to concede guilt at trial. He would also likely be entitled to a new trial, as a McCoy violation is a structural error that mandates reversal.

Charles Ray Crawford has identified an important constitutional issue that this Court has not addressed and has divided courts around the country. The Court refuses to Cite as: 607 U.S. (2025) 13 SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting resolve that question, even though a man's life is in the bal-ance. For these reasons, the Court should have granted Crawford's motion for a stay of execution and petition for writ of certiorari. I respectfully dissent.

The Supreme Court's Republican appointees let Mississippi kill Charles Ray Crawford tonight, despite treatment at trial that was of the same type that SCOTUS later held in another case is unconstitutional.

All three Democratic appointees, in a lengthy dissent, would have kept him alive.

I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100 Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots in the United States.

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100

"Poetry is what happens when human nature is compressed."

- Stephen Fry

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Thank you!

I am teaching my first poetry class for @theubergroup.bsky.social this evening. A little nervous, but so excited. It'll go for 2 weeks and discuss rhythm and how to scan a poem. Hopefully it'll be informative and fun. #poetry #teach #learning #ubergroup #nervousButExcited

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Even after all this, the @nytimes continues to normalize it

sloppy circle - just make it exist first perfect circle - you can make it good later

Good advice.
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How did we go from Scrooge being an example of what not to be to electing him president?

I'm sorry, but this feels like such a judgemental statement. There are valid reasons for exclamation points, even in writing. Unless you want to write something like, "'Stop,' he exclaimed."

Forget grammar, get the story written. If grammar edits are needed, they'll come much later.

Night Stories

At night,
When I struggle to sleep,
I tell stories to myself.

Promising
That when I wake up,
I’ll write them down.

But I never do,
When I wake up, the stories
Wisp away like smoke
To the land of broken dreams.
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Let us have no illusions. No individuality will achieve anything great alone if there is no cooperation with others. Only in "we" can we be happy. From "we," we started, and in "we," we must end.

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Day 30: Remember

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forgot

Day 28: Coffee or Tea Every morning, my husband Comes into my office an takes my coffee mug Then he goes downstairs And makes me a latte After he brings it up for me, He’ll go back downstairs and make one For himself It’s his way of showing he loves me. The rest of the day, If I want a drink that’s not water, I’ll have hot or cold tea. I prefer the taste of tea Except for that first morning latte.

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Day 28: Coffee or Tea

At this juncture I’d like to point out:
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.

Day 26: Spring ADHD is Oh it’s raining today like a spring… I wonder if the tulips will be out in time for Mother’s Day Your brain never stops I’m almost finished my book, need to find a new one. Bouncing Soon we’ll be able to turn the heat off From one idea Need to remember the…shoot, what was it I needed to remember??? To another. Where did I put that book?

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Day 26: Spring

Day 25: Story Tell me a story, I want to hear Of a time when living wasn’t so drear. Oh dear! Let’s see, Going back through history… The rich have always had it good… Upon the backs of others they stood. The poor and those who didn’t fit By race or gender, they were bent To make the stairs the wealthy climbed All through history, time after time. It matters not what era you look in, The tale’s the same, just a diff'rent spin Even in periods where it was better, Where wealth was spread a little thinner, Even then, as you can see, There was a lot of disparity Not as much in rich vs poor, But human rights still had more To go to make us equal To see all earthlings as one people Who deserve, one and all, Unbiased rights to be the law.

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Day 25: Story

MAGA probably won’t even get this.

Leftists and left Democrats have little influence in the Democratic Party because their only way of demonstrating power is causing Democrats to lose, not helping them to win. No party is going to favor their most unreliable voters. If your position is always "or I won't vote for you" you cede power