Posted on 09/16/2015 11:23:30 AM PDT by GIdget2004
A state appeals court agreed to halt the execution of an Oklahoma man with hours to spare on Wednesday after his lawyers asked for time to review new evidence, including a fellow inmate’s claim that he overheard the other man convicted in the case say that he acted alone.
The inmate, Richard E. Glossip, 52, was twice convicted of ordering the killing of Barry Van Treese, who owned the Oklahoma City motel where he worked. Mr. Glossip’s co-worker, Justin Sneed, was convicted of fatally beating Mr. Van Treese and was a crucial prosecution witness.
Mr. Glossip was scheduled to be executed Wednesday afternoon, but the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals agreed to delay the lethal injection after his lawyers said they had new evidence. Among the material is a signed affidavit from another inmate, Michael Scott, who claims he heard Mr. Sneed say “he set Richard Glossip up, and that Richard Glossip didn’t do anything.”
The court said it granted the temporary stay “due to Glossip’s last-minute filing and in order for this court to give fair consideration” to his claims. The court rescheduled his execution for Sept. 30.
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Best to ere on the side of caution.
Which goes to show.......
You can’t convict Glossip on gossip!
http://truthinjustice.org/gilchrist/macy-gilchrist.htm
They sent many innocents to prison. Glad the courts intervened for Glossip......Wondering now if Gilchrist had all the Glossip evidence destroyed.
The man is guilty. The evidence against him is compelling. He did it, and this is just more lawyer maneuvering to prevent justice from finally being carried out.
Typical lawyering, indeed.
Seems like it.
Capital punishment, as is practiced today, is a farce. These parasites live for 15+ years before they are put down. “Appeals” are unconstitutional. They should be put down immediately. The jury of his peers found him guilty. There isn’t much to discuss.
Something is fundamentally wrong with giving the guy who actually did the murder life without parole, and the guy who paid him to do it... the death penalty.
I am fond of pointing out that in 1933 a man attempted to assassinate FDR and ended up shooting the Mayor of Chicago, Anton J. Cermak. He committed the offense on February 15, 1933, and he was Executed March 20, 1933.
If justice is swift, I doubt there would be the (crony capitalist) prison-industry sucking taxpayers dry.
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