Attorneys for condemned inmate Richard Glossip say state officials are intimidating witnesses and have illegally reset his execution date, while his accomplice Justin Sneed speaks in an exclusive interview with The Frontier.
Glossip told detectives interrogating him for Barry Van Treese’s murder: “I told you, and this is the God’s honest truth, I had a hunch that Justin did it, and that’s as far as it went. I do not know one hundred percent.”
But that was a lie.
Oklahoma has the next inmate scheduled for execution in the U.S. On this week’s podcast, we talk about about why that’s important, plus a new reporting project we’re proud to be a part of.
Our award-winning reporting team is partnering with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan national news organization covering America’s criminal justice system, to increase knowledge and transparency about upcoming executions in the U.S.
Host RJ Young and Senior Staff Writer Kevin Canfield chat with City Council member Jack Henderson about his career, who he’s enjoyed working with the most and what’s next after his long career ends.
September is starting off a little rough for our creative director. Maybe it’s that really naughty little rescue dog she adopted…
Benjamin Cole believes that his role is to bring glory to the Lord’s name and now he thinks that the 2002 murder of his infant daughter was part of that prophecy, his attorneys say.
Attorneys representing the state and the warden of Cole’s prison argue he’s simply a devoutly religious man who is lucid enough to be aware of his upcoming execution date.
I’m too numb about the shootings and can’t manage at the moment to write anything insightful about mass shootings and the glaring mental health crisis in this country.
So let’s try three nice things instead.
