Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip says he remains optimistic after the state's appeals court granted him a two-week stay of execution, only hours before he was set to die on Wednesday. The court said it needed more time to consider new evidence
Sister Helen Prejean, a death penalty opponent, speaks during a news conference for Richard Glossip in Oklahoma on Monday. Glossip is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday. Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP.
14, 1998 – Glossip is sentenced to death for the murder of Van Treese. Aug. 27, 2004 – Glossip is found guilty a second time after initial conviction was overturned on appeal. He received the same death sentence. May 28, 2014 – Glossip's execution date
I am Jannie Coverdale. And as you can see, I live in OKC. You first came to my attention when you and others were protesting the drug that the State was using to execute people. Mr. Glossip, I am a member of the anti-death penalty group here, and I
Oklahoma is set to execute Richard Glossip, despite grave doubts about his guilt. A chorus of people that includes Republican former Sen. Tom Coburn; Virgin Group CEO Richard Branson; and Barry Switzer, the beloved former Oklahoma Sooners football