Appeals Denied, Richard Glossip Execution Will Go Forward As Planned

After their appeal was denied Monday afternoon, they filed new paperwork with the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals that points out inconsistencies with what Sneed said in the Frontier interview and what he’s said in the past. September 30, after the Court of Criminal Appeals denied requests for an evidentiary hearing and a rescheduling of the execution date.

October 13, 2014 – State Attorney General announces state does not have adequate supply of execution drugs, moves to delay executions of Glossip and two other inmates.

“This case splintered the Court of Criminal Appeals – a 3-2 vote”. Two judges believe a further stay of execution and a hearing on innocence was required on the facts. “We should all be deeply concerned about an execution under such circumstances”.

Richard Glossip, convicted in a 1997 murder, is scheduled for execution on Wednesday.

The court said it found the evidence was neither new nor compelling enough to merit postponing the execution set for Wednesday.

Glossip’s execution was called off with just minutes to spare two weeks ago to give lawyers more time to investigate claims by another inmate that he overheard Sneed bragging that he framed Glossip to avoid the death penalty himself.

Lewis also wrote “We find that the law favors the legal principle of finality of judgment”. Sneed claims he was ordered by Glossip to kill Van Treese and that he was promised thousands of dollars when Van Treese was dead. The attorneys have asserted that Glossip’s legal representation was inadequate and attacked the credibility of Van Treese’s autopsy.

Glossip is now scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in McElester at 3pm local time (9pm GMT).

Sneed, who is serving a life sentence, said Glossip had hired him to do it.

Both Fallin and Pruitt restated their sympathy for the family of Van Treese, who was beaten to death by Justin Sneed.

However, prosecutors have pointed to inconsistencies in Glossip’s initial police statements about his involvement in the crime. Because of this case, more Oklahomans are now educated about the fallacies of the death penalty.

Activists who have fought for Glossip’s life expressed deep disappointment over the appeals court decision. “May God have mercy on us all”. “Given the new evidence, we do not understand how an objective justice system would not hold a new hearing”.