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    I agree and pulling a person back from the cusp of death is cruel and unusual punishment? Headline news here appeals should only be filed up until a week before and ruled on so there is no intent at something cruel and unusual about it.

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    U.S. Supreme Court could revisit ruling on controversial Oklahoma execution protocol

    OKLAHOMA CITY - A controversial death penalty case in Oklahoma is back in the national spotlight.

    The U.S. Supreme Court could revisit a ruling involving Richard Glossip.

    You may remember, his attorneys challenged the use of a certain lethal injection drug used in our state.

    The new developments are stemming from a big case in Arkansas.

    Attorneys for nine death row inmates challenged Arkansas’s execution protocol, and when their state supreme court upheld it, the justices cited the ruling in the Richard Glossip case.

    "The Glossip case has resulted in an unmitigated disaster in Oklahoma,” attorneys representing the Arkansas death row inmates wrote in a recent court filing.

    Now, those attorneys are taking a possible loophole in the Glossip case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

    “They challenged the execution method by saying for example, a person can be put to death by firing squad. Apparently, the Arkansas Supreme Court said that may be true, but that’s not a method that’s authorized by law here in Arkansas,” criminal defense attorney David Smith said.

    Legal experts say the U.S. Supreme Court left some things unanswered in the Glossip case.

    Richard Glossip’s attorneys challenged the constitutionality of Midazolam, the sedative used in Oklahoma’s executions.

    “The Supreme Court says you have to identify another method of execution that's available and feasible, it’s known and attainable, but they don’t say whether it has to be something authorized by state law of that state,” Smith said.

    In Oklahoma, there are only three drugs authorized for use in executions.

    Last year, officials discovered a wrong drug was about to be used on Richard Glossip, and Gov. Fallin issued a last-minute stay.

    That was months after that same wrong drug was actually used in the execution of Charles Warner.

    For now, it’s up in the air whether a new ruling could affect future Oklahoma executions, but legal experts say more clarity in the Glossip ruling is critical.

    “It’s kind of a splitting of a hair, but it’s a pretty important hair,” Smith said.

    The executions for those Arkansas inmates are on hold right now.

    Their attorney told NewsChannel 4 that he will file a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court soon.

    He has 90 days.

    Richard Glossip’s attorney told Newschannel 4 he’s hopeful the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case.

    http://kfor.com/2016/07/21/u-s-supre...tion-protocol/

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    Investigation Discovery to Present World Premiere Docu-Series KILLING RICHARD GLOSSIP, 3/5

    For almost twenty years, two men convicted of murder one on death row, and the other sentenced to life without parole maintain two very different accounts of what led to the slaying of Barry Van Treese on January 7, 1997, at the Best Budget Inn in Oklahoma City. Richard Glossip, a man with no prior felony convictions, has consistently maintained his innocence, insisting that he had no knowledge that anyone planned to kill Van Treese. Justin Sneed, who admitted to killing the victim and whose fingerprints were found in the room, cut a deal for a life sentence instead of risking the death penalty by telling the police that Glossip hired him to do it. Now, with cameras following Glossip's case during what could be the final days of his life, KILLING RICHARD GLOSSIP tells this haunting story that of a former motel manager sentenced to die for orchestrating a murder that he swears he had nothing to do with. KILLING RICHARD GLOSSIP, a world premiere two-night event, kicks off Sunday, March 5 at 9/8c exclusively on ID.

    Is the state of Oklahoma about to execute an innocent man? That chilling question is at the heart of this all-new real-time documentary series, created and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger, who has dedicated his career to exposing abuses in the criminal justice system. Berlinger's Academy Award - nominated, Peabody-and Emmy -winning Paradise Lost trilogy of documentaries famously helped lead to the release of one man from DEATH ROW and two others from life in prison. Every second counts as Glossip sits on DEATH ROW awaiting execution, and now Berlinger's cameras are there with exclusive access to capture each moment as the clock ticks down. With support growing worldwide for Glossip, the docu-series also features interviews with high-profile supporters, including Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon, billionaire entrepreneur and social activist Richard Branson, and anti-death penalty activist and author Sister Helen Prejean (Dead Man Walking) who, at the eleventh hour, heroically pursued attorneys Don Knight and Mark Olive, convincing them to devote their time to the Glossip case pro-bono.

    Van Treese's body was found beaten and bloody on the floor of a room of the Oklahoma City motel that he owned, and that was managed by Glossip. But there are no DNA nor fingerprints from Glossip at the crime scene that tie him to his boss' murder. Instead, Glossip's death sentence is based primarily on the testimony of Justin Sneed, the motel maintenance man who was convicted of Van Treese's murder and sentenced to life without parole. While Sneed admitted to killing Van Treese, he claims he did so under pressure from Glossip and for promise of payment. Before his two trials, the state of Oklahoma offered Glossip plea deals that would save his life, each of which he rejected, insisting upon his innocence.

    Today, Glossip spends 23 hours a day, as he has for the past 20 years, fighting for his life from a tiny UNDERGROUND cell on death row, while Sneed is serving a life sentence at a medium security prison in Oklahoma. In 2015, Glossip was served his last meal on three separate occasions, only for Sister Helen Prejean, the United States Supreme Court, the work of his attorneys, and fate to intervene in each instance, staving off execution. During the state's third attempt at killing Richard Glossip, Glossip paced back and forth in a cold cell wearing nothing but boxer shorts for 45 minutes after the time for his scheduled execution, only for the execution to be halted due to a lack of approved execution drugs. The state's investigation into this BOTCHED execution attempt led to a moratorium on executions in Oklahoma. Once the details of a new protocol have been decided, Glossip will face a new execution date, which could come as early as this summer. As Glossip continues to skirt the edge of execution, Berlinger's cameras are embedded with his legal team in real-time as the team races against the clock to uncover new evidence that proves his innocence.

    "Nine out of ten times, the American justice system gets it right. Sadly, it's the unpredictability of that one time it goes astray that has resulted in a staggering amount of people who claim their innocence as they sit on death row," said Henry Schleiff, Group President, Investigation Discovery, AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL and Destination America. "There is a growing consensus of people worldwide that believe Richard Glossip is innocent. Consequently, this convergence of forces including the support of filmmaker Joe Berlinger who is no stranger to reporting on flaws in the criminal justice system is why our team at ID feels it's imperative to provide a platform for the public to hear all sides of the story."

    "Even if you think Richard Glossip might be guilty, his three separate trips to the execution chamber is reason enough to deeply question the sanity of the death penalty," said Berlinger. "But when you add to the mix that the case for his innocence is so compelling, then Richard Glossip's cruel odyssey through the justice system is a wake-up call for how broken capital punishment is in this country."

    The series features unprecedented access to the unfolding re-investigation of Glossip's case, including exclusive interviews with Glossip and Sneed, as well asthe first-ever interviews with the lead detectives and attorneys on both sides of the case. KILLING RICHARD GLOSSIPtraces Glossip's terrifying journey through the criminal justice system, his harrowing brushes with death, and what may be his last chance at freedom for a crime he swears he did not commit.

    http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/a...IP-35-20170115
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    She is at it again!

    ‘We need journalists to expose truths’ says Sister Helen Prejean on ID’s Killing Richard Glossip

    Sister Helen Prejean yesterday called on journalists to do all they can to expose truths in society — as she discussed new Investigation Discovery documentary series Killing Richard Glossip.

    The high-profile nun, a long time advocate against the death penalty, believes Glossip is innocent of commissioning the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese for which he was convicted.

    Glossip is currently on death row in Oklahoma, with his case the subject of ID’s new series which will air over two nights starting March 5.

    Speaking at the Television Critics Association (TCA) winter press tour, Sister Helen said: “We need journalists and people like you to open the curtain and expose these truths. There is such a thing as truth.”

    Glossip has consistently maintained his innocence in the murder of Van Treese. In his series filmmaker Jo Berlinger delves into the facts of the case, which led to both Glossip and Justin Sneed — who admitted killing Van Treese — ending up behind bars.

    However, in a huge twist Sneed avoided the death penalty after agreeing to cut a deal for a life sentence with prosecutors, by testifying against Glossip who he said hired him to do it.

    Both men have very different accounts of what happened in the lead up to Van Treese’s killing at a Best Budget Inn in Oklahoma City on January 7, 1997.

    Sister Prejean was joined on a panel at the TCA winter press tour by actress Susan Sarandon, who played her in the 1995 film version of her book Dead Man Walking.

    The book was a biographical account of her time as a spiritual adviser for convicted murderer and death row inmate Elmo Patrick Sonnier, who was executed by electrocution in 1984.

    Sarandon has also spoken out about Glossip’s conviction, saying she thinks he is innocent.

    Asked who she had contacted while advocating for Glossip, Sister Prejean said: “I called Susan Sarandon and the Pope.”

    http://www.monstersandcritics.com/sm...chard-glossip/
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    If this series is successful then i doubt Richard glossip will ever be executed.

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    The documentary won't affect legal wranglings. Glossip will probably be the first up when Oklahoma resumes executions-He'll probably be gone in a year or so. If 2016 proved anything, it's that people don't care about what delusional idiots like Helen Prejean think.
    Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.

    "They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters

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    "I just want to tell my story,” Richard Glossip featured in new documentary investigating his case

    OKLAHOMA CITY - A documentary about Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip reveals new information that could be enough for Glossip to get another hearing in court.

    In 2015, two out of five judges on the Court of Criminal Appeals were willing to consider new evidence in Glossip’s case.

    One more judge would get them there.

    Glossip has avoided death three times for his conviction in the murder of Barry Van Treese.

    “I went through 52 days up there, being in a room that was lit 24/7, you have a camera on you 24/7, you have a guard outside your door 24/7,” Richard Glossip told filmmaker Joe Berlinger from the state penitentiary in McAlester.

    Glossip discussed his brush with death in the documentary “Killing Richard Glossip,” in which Berlinger does his own investigation into Glossip’s case.

    For the very first time on camera, Justin Sneed talks in the documentary.

    Sneed killed Barry Van Treese at the Best Budget Inn in 1997.

    Prosecutors said Glossip paid Sneed to do it.

    “Somebody brought me into this to save their own life. Justin’s first statement he made to police never included me in any of it. Justin said it was a robbery gone bad from day one,” Glossip says in the documentary.

    “It doesn’t have to be some grand conspiracy that goes into this. I think the truth is that Justin Sneed needed money for his meth habit. Mr. Van Treese had money, and everybody knew he had cash,” Glossip’s attorney, Don Knight, told Newschannel 4.

    A man at the motel testified he heard a woman’s voice in the room with Van Treese the night of the murder.

    Police never talked to her.

    “Nowhere did Detective Bemo look for anybody else in that room, or Detective Cook, or any police officer. They did nothing,” Knight said.

    Glossip’s legal team wants to find that woman to talk to her.

    What Knight says they do have are new witnesses, alleging Sneed has admitted to lying about Glossip in order to spare his own life.

    There’s no timeline for when executions will resume in Oklahoma, but until then, Glossip will face the court of public opinion.

    “I just want to tell my story. I want people to see that what I`ve been saying all along is true,” Glossip said.

    The documentary airs on Investigation Discovery April 17-18th at 9/8CST.

    Glossip’s third stay of execution led to a grand jury investigation, and then a bi-partisan commission was chosen to look into the death penalty in our state.

    NewsChannel 4 has learned the commission’s report will be released later this month.

    http://kfor.com/2017/04/06/i-just-wa...ting-his-case/

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    Death row inmate Richard Glossip marrying funeral home worker three years after botched execution

    By Chris Kitching
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    A death row inmate who survived a botched execution is getting married to a funeral home worker 33 years younger than him.

    The brief ceremony will be the first time that convicted murderer Richard Glossip and his 21-year-old bride Leigha Jurasik have ever touched.

    The couple, who have always been separated by bars and thick glass during jail visits, will have 30 minutes together after the wedding, but they'll be overseen by guards.

    They met after Leigha, who is training to be an undertaker, read about 55-year-old Glossip's case and sent a letter to his prison cell.

    Glossip - who claims he is innocent and has been supported by Pope Francis, Sir Richard Branson and Susan Sarandon - was meant to be put to death by lethal injection at Oklahoma's state prison on September 30, 2015.

    But it was called off because the pharmacist had supplied the wrong drug.

    Now, almost three years to the day, Glossip, who could become the first prisoner to die by nitrogen gas, will tie the knot with his biggest campaigner.

    New Jersey native Leigha, who turns 22 next month, told Sky News that her family initially opposed the wedding, and her future husband's age and pending execution weren't obstacles.

    The brief ceremony will be the first time that Glossip, 55, and his 21-year-old bride Leigha Jurasik have ever touched.

    She said: "When you love someone, you love someone, trivial stuff like that doesn't bother you. He's innocent he should not be there, but it's never been a deterrence in our relationship."

    Leigha said of her family: "They've come to accept it but of course there are family members who don't agree with it but that's pretty much in any relationship."

    She said her mum has written to Glossip to get to know him better.

    From his prison cell, Glossip told Sky News of his bride-to-be: "She's been there through all the tough times. I'm in one of the worst places a human being could ever be put, and yet she somehow gave me one of the best years I've ever had in my life."

    Glossip's pleas of innocence have been featured in a Sky News podcast and a TV programme on the US channel Discovery ID.

    He was found guilty of arranging the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese, the owner of an Oklahoma City motel that Glossip was managing.

    His lawyers sought a stay of execution, arguing that no physical evidence tied him to the murder and he was convicted largely on the testimony of motel maintenance man Justin Sneed, who confessed to carrying out the killing after Glossip hired him to do it.

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

    During the appeals process, Glossip’s lawyers presented statements from jail informants who claimed Sneed had boasted of setting up Glossip.

    Their bid for a stay of execution was rejected by the US Supreme Court just minutes before Glossip was due to be executed.

    However, the execution was called off after Oklahoma had received potassium acetate for use in its three-drug protocol instead of the court-approved potassium chloride.

    It was one of a number of botched executions in Oklahoma.

    Just days after Glossip was due to die, the state was issued an indefinite stay of all executions, allowing it to review its death penalty protocol and develop a new one.

    There are no executions currently scheduled in Oklahoma.

    The last prisoner to be put to death was Charles Warner, who was convicted of raping and killing a baby. In the January 2015 execution, the state used a drug not included in its official protocol.

    The state used bottles labeled potassium acetate when it was supposed to have used potassium chloride, a drug used to stop the heart.

    When executions resume, Oklahoma plans to use nitrogen gas as its primary method, replacing lethal injection.

    On Wednesday evening, Texas executed a man who was convicted of torturing and drowning a young mum and dumping her cement-encased body in a remote area.

    Troy Clark, 51, who had always maintained his innocence, muttered "I feel it" as the drugs began to course through his body.

    Another death row inmate, Daniel Acker, is due to be executed on Thursday evening.

    The 46-year-old was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in a jealous rage in 2000, believing she had cheated on him.

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-new...ossip-13317699


    21 years old and already that far gone what a shame.

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    That girl is not bad looking either! I'm gonna write glossip and ask if he'll give her a hall pass!

    Update: just viewed some Facebook pictures and it's a no go! The pic from the article is a total mirage. I could drive a truck between those eyebrows!
    Last edited by one_two_bomb; 09-27-2018 at 05:59 PM.

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    I’m hoping Glossip gets a new execution date in July.

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