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.
Despite 270,000 signatures and several high-profile impassioned pleas, Richard Glossip remains set to be executed Sept. 16.
As the hour of his execution approaches, Richard Glossip is getting his 15 minutes of fame. And then some.
Glossip’s story will be featured on the Dr. Phil show Monday, the latest in a spree of national and international publicity for the Oklahoma death row inmate scheduled to die Sept. 16.
In their rush to build a compelling narrative of an innocent man about to be executed, some journalists who should know better have been remarkably incurious.
Death row inmate Richard Glossip maintains he’s innocent. But state officials plan to execute him in September, saying he’s had long enough to make his case.
Susie Canady says she witnessed the 2013 slayings of four women at Fairmont Terrace. Prosecutors and police say she’s not a credible witness, but defense attorneys for the men charged in the killings are fighting to get her version of events on the record.
By a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Oklahoma’s use of a controversial new drug in lethal injections, clearing the way for the state and others to resume executions.
The decision in Glossip v. Gross means Oklahoma can use the sedative to carry out three pending executions and others in the future. Executions have been on hold in Oklahoma and most other states since the inmates challenged use of the drug midazolam following a botched execution.
My records requests in the days following Lockett’s 43-minute execution weren’t overly broad considering the situation: emails to and from the governor and key state officials, DOC logs and investigative reports.
