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Articles for Richard Glossip

We Thought the Supreme Court’s Death Penalty Cases Couldn’t Get Worse. We Thought Wrong.
54 years, 11 months ago

We Thought the Supreme Court’s Death Penalty Cases Couldn’t Get Worse. We Thought Wrong.

Slate  

Richard Glossip has been on death row for over 25 years. On this week’s Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick spoke to his pro bono attorney, Don Knight, about last Wednesday’s oral argument in Glossip’s case at the high court. I’m remembering Justice Stephen Breyer’s dissent in the 2015 Glossip case at the U.S. Supreme Court as a kind of cri de …

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US court halts execution of man who received ‘unfair’ trial
1 year, 7 months ago

US court halts execution of man who received ‘unfair’ trial

Al Jazeera  

The United State Supreme Court put the execution of Richard Gossip indefinitely on hold in a ruling on Friday. The United States Supreme Court has blocked Oklahoma from executing death-row inmate Richard Glossip for his role in a 1997 murder-for-hire, after the state’s attorney general agreed his life should be spared. “There is nothing more harrowing than the thought of …

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Supreme Court blocks Richard Glossip’s execution in Oklahoma
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court blocks Richard Glossip’s execution in Oklahoma

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday blocked Oklahoma from executing death row inmate Richard Glossip for his role in a 1997 murder-for-hire after the state’s attorney general agreed Glossip’s life should be spared. “When police came to talk to Glossip about Van Treese’s whereabouts, he directed him away from the room he knew Van Treese was in,” Prater said …

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Oklahoma inmate supported by ‘Dead Man Walking’ author, nun
1 year, 7 months ago

Oklahoma inmate supported by ‘Dead Man Walking’ author, nun

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Prominent death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean, whose book “Dead Man Walking” was turned into a movie, on Wednesday joined others calling on Oklahoma Gov. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 2-2 last week to reject a clemency recommendation for Glossip with one member recusing himself because his spouse is a prosecutor who was previously involved …

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Editorial: Bureaucracy of death may snag condemned Oklahoma man, guilty or not
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: Bureaucracy of death may snag condemned Oklahoma man, guilty or not

LA Times  

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 2 to 2 to grant clemency to Richard Glossip on April 26. Several prominent Oklahoma Republican lawmakers have likewise argued for Glossip, horrified that their state is close to putting to death a man who may be innocent. Opinion Editorial: Death penalty’s retreat is excruciatingly slow Florida jurors and Oregon’s governor were unlikely …

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Oklahoma board denies clemency for death row inmate Glossip
1 year, 7 months ago

Oklahoma board denies clemency for death row inmate Glossip

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s state parole board voted Wednesday not to recommend clemency for death row inmate Richard Glossip, even though the state attorney general said he doesn’t think the condemned man whose case has drawn celebrity interest received a fair trial. Glossip, who was convicted of paying an accomplice, Justin Sneed, to kill Van Treese, told the board Wednesday …

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Oklahoma court upholds Richard Glossip’s murder conviction
1 year, 8 months ago

Oklahoma court upholds Richard Glossip’s murder conviction

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma appeals court on Thursday upheld the murder conviction of death row inmate Richard Glossip, paving the way for Glossip to be executed on May 18, despite the state attorney general’s concerns about some testimony and evidence. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals’ ruling said his case “has been thoroughly investigated and reviewed,” with Glossip given …

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The Vindication of Stephen Breyer
2 years, 5 months ago

The Vindication of Stephen Breyer

Slate  

On June 30, Justice Stephen Breyer retired from the Supreme Court after nearly 28 years. “Innocent People Have Been Executed” One of Breyer’s main objections to the death penalty stemmed from the fact that new evidence had shown states had executed innocent people, rendering the death penalty unreliable. In part three of his dissent, Breyer spelled out how the lengthy …

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Lawmaker: Report shows Oklahoma death row inmate’s innocence
2 years, 6 months ago

Lawmaker: Report shows Oklahoma death row inmate’s innocence

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — A Republican Oklahoma state representative who is a self-described death-penalty supporter on Wednesday said a report by a Houston law firm into the conviction of death row inmate Richard Glossip proves Glossip’s innocence. The firm reported lost or destroyed evidence, and a detective in the case who was biased against Glossip and improperly asked leading questions to …

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