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| Oklahoma inmate set to die for 1997 murder |
| By america.aljazeera.com |
| Published: 09/16/2015 |
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Attorneys for an Oklahoma death row inmate are making an appeal to spare their client's life just hours before his scheduled execution, arguing they have new evidence to support his claim of innocence. Richard Glossip, 52, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday afternoon at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He was convicted of ordering the 1997 beating death of Barry Van Treese, who owned the motel where Glossip worked. Glossip's attorneys on Tuesday asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to stop his lethal injection, saying they uncovered new details in the case, including a signed affidavit from an inmate who served time with Justin Sneed, who was convicted of fatally beating Van Treese. “We're asking for a stay of execution to give the court more time to review this new evidence, which we think casts grave doubt on Richard's guilt,” said Mark Henricksen, one of Glossip's attorneys. Read More. |
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