Even Oklahoma seems to think the Supreme Court got it wrong with Richard Glossip.
As bad as all that was, it is the Glossip case that has been the real thorn in the side of Oklahoma’s death penalty.
, so troubling is the case that if America eventually ends capital punishment the Glossip case “is likely to be a significant point of reference in accounts of how it happened.”Before looking at Thursday’s turn of events, let’s briefly review his case. Glossip allegedly hired his co-defendant, Justin Sneed, to kill Van Treese. Sneed, a maintenance man at Van Treese’s motel, stabbed him and killed him with a baseball bat. He confessed to the crime soon after he was arrested.
in which one person gets off with a lighter sentence after providing incriminating evidence against someone else.Glossip, who had never before been arrested, refused a plea bargain that would have spared his life. He was subsequently tried and sentenced to death. Soon after his conviction, Glossip and his lawyers alleged that his trial had been tainted by prosecutorial misconduct and serious procedural errors. His first conviction was vacated and he was granted a new trial.
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