Oklahoma death row inmate challenges new execution date

Defense attorneys for an Oklahoma death row inmate set for execution next week have filed an affidavit from a second former cellmate who claims the condemned man was framed.

In their Wednesday court filing, Glossip’s attorneys said Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater had Rogers County authorities arrest Scott for parole violations so that Prater could interrogate him.

Also on Wednesday, the Tulsa World reported that Prater had rebuked numerous claims from Glossip’s lawyers, saying, “The time will come when it will be clear to everyone that everything that the defense lawyers and their witnesses are saying are lies”.

Sneed avoided the death penalty by testifying against Glossip and is serving a life sentence.

Scott said Sneed often boasted about implicating Glossip, who he said had done nothing wrong, while Tapley, who was Sneed’s cellmate, said that based on his conversations, he was convinced Sneed had acted alone.

The submitting in Oklahoma County District Court stated Scott was arrested Tuesday for failing to pay fines and full group service after pleading responsible and being given a one-yr suspended sentence earlier this yr for driving whereas intoxicated and possession of a small quantity of marijuana.

Prater’s office could not be immediately reached for comment.

“Prater specifically told Mr. Scott that he ordered this action so that Scott would be forced to talk with Prater and his investigator”, the filing said. In the court filing that man says after he told DA Prater he wouldn’t talk to him a warrant was also issued for his arrest.

A spokesman for Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt didn’t instantly return a telephone name in search of remark.

When Joseph Tapley’s evidence was made public, attorneys say that the state threatened to revoke his suspended sentence for a drink-driving offence.

The discover doesn’t embrace element about Tapley’s potential testimony however says that “intimidating conduct … by the State must be instantly stopped”.

With his new execution date less than a week away on September 30, Glossip’s attorneys are racing to provide more evidence of his innocence to the court.

Glossip dodged execution by mere hours on September 16 when it was postponed to allow the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to review new evidence in his case.