RICHARD GLOSSIP IS INNOCENT
I know i have not been on here lately but i just had to write about a man called Richard Glossip who is on death row for a murder he did not do or had no part in it, The man who did the murder was a 19 year old who was known by the law and had addmited killing his and Richard boss Barry Alan Van Treese Jan. 6, 1997 but fingerd the blame on to Richard to escap the death penalty himself because in the usa you can escape the death penalty yourself if you can name someone ales invoed in the crime, this happend in this case.
ABOUT THIS CASE
Richard Glossip is an American man scheduled to be executed by the U.S. state of Oklahoma on November 6, 2015. On September 16, he was granted a 14 day stay of execution by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals just hours before his previously scheduled execution in order for the Court to consider new evidence in his case. Glossip was convicted in two separate trials of hiring his co-worker, Justin Sneed, to kill their mutual boss, hotel owner Barry Van Treese, who was killed on January 7, 1997 at a hotel he owned at which Glossip was employed and Sneed received accommodation in return for maintenance duties.
Glossip's execution is controversial in that he was convicted almost entirely on the testimony of Sneed, who confessed to bludgeoning Van Treese to death with a baseball bat by himself and who was spared a death sentence himself by implicating Glossip
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, it was reported that late in the previous day, Glossip's attorneys had asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals for a stay of execution, asking the Court to examine possible new evidence, just hours before the execution by lethal injection was set to take place, because an inmate who had served time with Sneed had given them a signed affidavit.This stay was granted so the Court would have time to evaluate the new evidence.
In an interview published September 21, 2015, Glossip's attorney Donald Knight criticised Glossip's previous attorneys, saying "They did a terrible job. Horrible. No preparation. No investigation."
On September 21, Oklahoma City Police released a 1999 police report showing that a box of evidence had been marked for destruction. The report was never provided to attorneys who represented Richard Glossip in his second trial or his appeals according to his new defense team.
On September 22, 2015, Glossip's attorneys filed papers referring to a July 1997 psychiatric evaluation of Sneed, in which he said he understood he was charged with murder in connection with a burglary and made no reference to Glossip's involvement.
On September 23, 2015, Glossip's attorneys filed papers complaining that two new witnesses were being intimidated. In affidavits, one witness had claimed that Sneed laughed about lying in court about Glossip’s involvement, another said he was convinced based on his conversations with Sneed that Sneed acted alone. On September 24, 2015 the Oklahoma attorney general's office filed papers stating that the claims of the new witnesses were “inherently suspect”, and that the time it took Van Treese die and whether blood loss contributed to his death did not affect the trial outcome, in response to a defense claim that the testimony of Dr. Chai Choi, who performed the autopsy was incorrect.
On September 28, 2015, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals voted 3-2 to proceed with execution.Presiding Judge Clancy Smith wrote "While finality of judgment is important, the state has no interest in executing an actually innocent man, An evidentiary hearing will give Glossip the chance to prove his allegations that Sneed has recanted, or demonstrate to the court that he cannot provide evidence that would exonerate him." Judge Arlene Johnson wrote that the original trial was "deeply flawed" and an evidentiary hearing should be ordered.
ABOUT THIS CASE
Richard Glossip is an American man scheduled to be executed by the U.S. state of Oklahoma on November 6, 2015. On September 16, he was granted a 14 day stay of execution by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals just hours before his previously scheduled execution in order for the Court to consider new evidence in his case. Glossip was convicted in two separate trials of hiring his co-worker, Justin Sneed, to kill their mutual boss, hotel owner Barry Van Treese, who was killed on January 7, 1997 at a hotel he owned at which Glossip was employed and Sneed received accommodation in return for maintenance duties.
Glossip's execution is controversial in that he was convicted almost entirely on the testimony of Sneed, who confessed to bludgeoning Van Treese to death with a baseball bat by himself and who was spared a death sentence himself by implicating Glossip
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, it was reported that late in the previous day, Glossip's attorneys had asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals for a stay of execution, asking the Court to examine possible new evidence, just hours before the execution by lethal injection was set to take place, because an inmate who had served time with Sneed had given them a signed affidavit.This stay was granted so the Court would have time to evaluate the new evidence.
In an interview published September 21, 2015, Glossip's attorney Donald Knight criticised Glossip's previous attorneys, saying "They did a terrible job. Horrible. No preparation. No investigation."
On September 21, Oklahoma City Police released a 1999 police report showing that a box of evidence had been marked for destruction. The report was never provided to attorneys who represented Richard Glossip in his second trial or his appeals according to his new defense team.
On September 22, 2015, Glossip's attorneys filed papers referring to a July 1997 psychiatric evaluation of Sneed, in which he said he understood he was charged with murder in connection with a burglary and made no reference to Glossip's involvement.
On September 23, 2015, Glossip's attorneys filed papers complaining that two new witnesses were being intimidated. In affidavits, one witness had claimed that Sneed laughed about lying in court about Glossip’s involvement, another said he was convinced based on his conversations with Sneed that Sneed acted alone. On September 24, 2015 the Oklahoma attorney general's office filed papers stating that the claims of the new witnesses were “inherently suspect”, and that the time it took Van Treese die and whether blood loss contributed to his death did not affect the trial outcome, in response to a defense claim that the testimony of Dr. Chai Choi, who performed the autopsy was incorrect.
On September 28, 2015, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals voted 3-2 to proceed with execution.Presiding Judge Clancy Smith wrote "While finality of judgment is important, the state has no interest in executing an actually innocent man, An evidentiary hearing will give Glossip the chance to prove his allegations that Sneed has recanted, or demonstrate to the court that he cannot provide evidence that would exonerate him." Judge Arlene Johnson wrote that the original trial was "deeply flawed" and an evidentiary hearing should be ordered.
Like in most cases in the USA it is hard to over turn a convteiction, in Richard case there will be no DNA evedences as he did not murder anyone so how they can clear him i don't know but the more you look in to Richards case the more you can see that an innocent man is sitting on death row and has been for well over 22 years. It makes you think how many people on death row or who have been put to death are really innocent.
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