The Oklahoma State Capitol building. DYLAN GOFORTH/The Frontier
With less than two weeks remaining before Richard Glossip’s scheduled execution, the furor over Oklahoma’s death penalty and the fight to save Glossip’s life has reached near critical mass.
On Thursday, Sister Helen Prejean, a longtime anti-death penalty advocate, delivered a 270,000-signature petition to Gov. Mary Fallin’s doorstep, asking for a stay in Glossip’s case to keep the convicted murderer alive.
Fallin, through her spokesman, said no.
Here are some of the sights and sounds of the day.
Previous Frontier stories on Glossip’s case can be found here, here, here and here.
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— Blair Hughes (@MrBlairHughes) September 2, 2015
Sister Helen Prejean delivers 270,000 signature petition to Gov. Fallin in Glossip case. @readfrontier pic.twitter.com/jsVx9Stzt9
— Ziva Branstetter (@ZivaBranstetter) September 3, 2015
.@helenprejean speaking before she delivers boxes of signatures asking @GovMaryFallin to give Glossip a 60 day stay. pic.twitter.com/x8gXWylhhF
— Graham Lee Brewer (@grahambrewer) September 3, 2015
Gwen Fields: With 1,600 death row exonerations, "the fact is we get it wrong." @readfrontier
— Ziva Branstetter (@ZivaBranstetter) September 3, 2015
Sister Helen: "Oklahoma is a killing state. You're second only to Texas." 112 executed in Oklahoma since 1976. @readfrontier
— Ziva Branstetter (@ZivaBranstetter) September 3, 2015
Governor's office believes Glossip had a fair trial
— Phil Cross (@philsnews) September 3, 2015
"The execution will go forward" @GovMaryFallin office on Richard Glossip @FOX23 pic.twitter.com/gWY6IDbFqL
— Lynn Casey (@LynnCaseyFOX23) September 3, 2015
State should stop Glossip execution for at least 60 days. It lacks logic, draws worldwide negative attention. http://t.co/zsUSN77YbT
— Kurt Hochenauer (@thesfjammer) September 3, 2015
