The Troubling Case of Richard Glossip

(CNN) If Oklahoma puts Richard Glossip to death Wednesday, it will be the first time the controversial execution drug Midazolam has been used since a bitterly divided Supreme Court allowed its use in June over the objections of two justices who said

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorneys for an Oklahoma man set to be executed Wednesday made a last-minute plea at the state Capitol Monday morning. Richard Glossip is set to die on the execution table Wednesday, September 16 

MCALESTER, Okla. – Just hours before an Oklahoma man was set to be executed, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted Richard Glossip a two-week stay of execution. Glossip was convicted of murder for the 1997 

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.

Richard Glossip is scheduled to die by lethal injection 3:00 p.m. Wednesday at the prison in McAlester. And, barring any interference from the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, it will happen. Governor Mary Fallin denied a