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The Latest Breaking News from Richard Glossip

Oklahoma Pulls Back the Relentless Pace of Planned Executions

A plan to put 25 inmates to death over two years is reconsidered.

Reason

Glint of hope for Richard Glossip as Oklahoma appoints independent counsel to review case

Decision comes after growing innocence movement around Glossip’s case as emerging evidence suggests initial conviction was based on shaky grounds

The Independent UK

Oklahoma AG appoints independent counsel in Glossip case

Oklahoma's new attorney general is appointing an independent counsel to conduct a comprehensive review of death row inmate Richard Glossip's murder conviction and death sentence

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2022 Was a Year of Bad, Botched Death Row Executions

Fortunately, government kills fewer prisoners each year.

Reason

Death penalty researchers call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’

Seven of the 20 execution attempts in the US over the past year were visibly problematic or took an inordinate amount of time, a Washington DC study reveals

The Independent UK

Report: Executions continued decline but many 'botched'

An annual report on capital punishment says public support and use of the death penalty continued a more than two-decade decline in the U.S. in 2022

The Independent UK

Oklahoma prepares to execute man for 3-year-old's killing

Oklahoma is preparing to execute a man for the torture killing of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son in 1993

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Death row inmate Richard Glossip granted another temporary reprieve after hidden evidence revealed

Glossip’s execution was pushed back to next February so a court has more time to consider his appeal

The Independent UK

Oklahoma inmate gets temporary reprieve from execution

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is granting another temporary reprieve to death row inmate Richard Glossip, pushing his scheduled execution back until February 2023

The Independent UK

‘Innocent is innocent, period’: Richard Glossip on facing execution again

Oklahoma man has had his execution temporarily called off several times since he was sentenced as the list of flaws in the case grows longer by the day

The Guardian - US

The death row inmate whose conviction looks so shaky even Oklahoma Republicans are fighting to save him

Richard Glossip is set to be executed for a 1997 murder which a growing body of evidence suggests he didn’t commit, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Oklahoma governor grants 60-day reprieve to Richard Glossip

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is granting death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day stay of execution while a state appeals court considers his claim of innocence

The Independent UK

Oklahoma Lawmakers Urge New Review of Evidence Before Richard Glossip Is Executed for Murder

A newly unearthed letter suggests the primary witness against Glossip (and the actual killer) had regrets and made a “mistake.”

Reason

Oklahoma lawmakers urge pause amid fears innocent man to be executed

Group of mostly pro-death-penalty Republicans call for new hearing over lack of evidence in case of Richard Glossip

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Republican Oklahoma lawmakers seek hearing in death row case

More than 60 Oklahoma lawmakers are urging the state attorney general to join their request for a new evidentiary hearing in the case of death row inmate Richard Glossip

The Guardian - US

Oklahoma to execute death row prisoners nearly every month

State set execution dates on Friday for six inmates and plans for executions to take place about once a month through 2024

The Independent UK

Execution dates scheduled for 6 Oklahoma death row inmates

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals set execution dates for six death row inmates just hours before an attorney for one planned to ask for a rehearing in his case

Daily Mirror

Inmate rotting on death row for 25 years 'totally INNOCENT' claims bombshell report

Richard Glossip, 59, was sentenced to death after being convicted twice for ordering the killing of his boss Barry Van Treese who was the owner of a hotel he worked at

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The Independent UK

Lawmaker: Report shows Oklahoma death row inmate's innocence

A Republican Oklahoma state representative who is a self-described death-penalty supporter said a report by a Houston law firm into the conviction of death row inmate Richard Glossip proves his innocence

Reason

Oklahoma Starts Planning Executions for 25 Death Row Inmates, Including Richard Glossip

A federal judge rules against effort to stop use of three-drug cocktail.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma attorney general seeks execution dates for 25 inmates

‘For the sake of the victims’ families, many of whom have waited for decades — as many executions as possible are set four weeks apart’ the state’s attorney general said

The Independent UK

Oklahoma attorney general seeks execution dates for 25 inmates

‘For the sake of the victims’ families, many of whom have waited for decades — as many executions as possible are set four weeks apart’ the state’s attorney general said

The Independent UK

Anti-death penalty advocate Lea Rodger marries man on death row

The pair married in a small intimate ceremony inside Oklahoma State Penitentiary this week

The Independent UK

Anti-death penalty advocate weds man on Oklahoma death row

Anti-death penalty advocate Lea Rodger says she is keenly aware of the realities facing her and Richard Glossip, who she married this week inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary where he sits on death row

The Independent UK

Texas law firm agrees to review Oklahoma death penalty case

A Texas law firm says it has at least 20 attorneys ready to review the case of an Oklahoma death row inmate waiting to be executed

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