Category: Glossip

Dr. Phil Convinced Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip’s Trial Was Unfair

OKLAHOMA CITY—Talk show host and clinical psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw stood on the steps of the Oklahoma Capitol and said the state planned to execute an innocent man but still had time to correct its error. “The highest law enforcement officer in the state of Oklahoma courageously stood up and said, ‘We blew this.’ You’ve…


Supreme Court Halts Execution of Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 5 granted death row inmate Richard Glossip a stay of execution. At the same time, it considers two writs of certiorari in his murder case. Glossip’s attorney is hopeful he is one step closer to saving Glossip from the execution chamber. “We hope that the Court will reverse the…


Oklahoma Lawmakers, Activists Call on Governor to Sign Reprieve of Death Row Inmate

OKLAHOMA CITY—Anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean told a group of about 35 people in the Oklahoma State Capital that the state couldn’t be trusted with the power to execute people. “In that governor’s hand is the power of life and death. We have got to end this; they can’t handle it,” Prejean said. Prejean…


Oklahoma Attorney General Says State Should Give Death Row Inmate New Trial

The state of Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Richard Glossip on May 18 for the 1997 murder of his employer Barry Van Treese. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denied Glossip’s application for clemency on April 26. An unusual partnership of anti-death penalty activists and capital punishment advocates will gather at the state capitol in…


Fate of Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Rests With Parole Board

OKLAHOMA CITY—An Oklahoma death row inmate whose scheduled execution in May is opposed by the state’s top prosecutor as well as celebrities such as Kim Kardashian was set to ask the state’s parole board Wednesday to spare his life. Richard Glossip has long maintained his innocence in the 1997 killing of his former boss, motel…


Oklahoma Court Upholds Richard Glossip’s Murder Conviction

OKLAHOMA CITY—An Oklahoma appeals court on Thursday upheld the murder conviction of death row inmate Richard Glossip, paving the way for Glossip to be executed on May 18, despite the state attorney general’s concerns about some testimony and evidence. Glossip can still plead his case for clemency to the five-member Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board,…