Oklahoma Delays Execution With Concerns About Evidence
An appellate court has granted a two- week stay of execution for Richard Glossip.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals issued the order about three hours before Glossip’s scheduled afternoon execution for the 1977 death of motel owner Barry Van Treese.
The move came amid concerns, expressed by Glossip’s supporters and attorneys, about his trial and the way the state planned to execute him. The appellate court said it needed time to consider several motions that Glossip’s attorneys made less than 24 hours before the scheduled execution, including one asking for an evidentiary hearing.
“Due to Glossip’s last minute filing, and in order for this court to give fair consideration to the materials included with his subsequent application for post-conviction relief, we hereby grant an emergency stay of execution for two weeks,” the court wrote.
The order resets the execution date to September 30.
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nola878 September 16th, 2015 at 21:41
There’s no going back from an execution.
jasperjava September 17th, 2015 at 01:18
That’s one of the reasons why the death penalty is an unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment that ought to be abolished.
amersham46 September 16th, 2015 at 21:58
“With Concerns About Evidence” are we talking about the same Oklahoma