The Oklahoma attorney general is recommending clemency for a death row inmate who was nearly executed 3 times.
Oklahoma's new Attorney General Gentner Drummond plans to ask the state's Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday to recommend sparing the life of death row inmate Richard Glossip, a highly unusual move for the state's top prosecutor's office that typically urges the board to reject clemency. Glossip was almost executed three times, including once when he was just a few feet from the state's death chamber.
Drummond previously asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to vacate Glossip's conviction, saying in a court filing that although the state is not suggesting Glossip is innocent, he had numerous concerns about the trial, including that the key witness against Glossip lied to the jury about his psychiatric treatment and reasons for taking the mood-stabilizing drug lithium. But the court rejected that request last month, paving the way for Glossip to be executed on May 18.
Glossip, now 60, was convicted of the 1997 murder-for-hire killing of his boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese, at two separate trials based largely on the testimony of his co-defendant, Justin Sneed. Sneed admitted robbing and killing Van Treese, but he claims he only did so after Glossip agreed to pay him $10,000. Sneed received a sentence of life in prison.
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Oklahoma attorney general to recommend clemency for GlossipOklahoma's new Attorney General Gentner Drummond is planning to ask the state's Pardon and Parole Board to recommend clemency for death row inmate Richard Glossip. Such a move is highly unusual for the state's top prosecutor's office, which always urges the board to reject clemency. But Drummond says in a Monday letter to the five-member board that he has serious concerns about the fairness of Glossip's trial. Drummond previously asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to vacate Glossip's sentence, but the court declined to do so. Glossip has long maintained his innocence in the 1997 beating death of Barry Van Treese, the owner of the hotel where Glossip worked. He is scheduled to be executed on May 18.
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Oklahoma attorney general to recommend clemency for GlossipOklahoma's new Attorney General Gentner Drummond is planning to ask the state's Pardon and Parole Board to recommend clemency for death row inmate Richard Glossip
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Oklahoma attorney general to recommend clemency for GlossipOklahoma's new Attorney General Gentner Drummond is planning to ask the state's Pardon and Parole Board to recommend clemency for death row inmate Richard Glossip.
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