Why Richard Glossip received stay just minutes before scheduled execution (+video)

In an open letter published in The Oklahoman on Wednesday, the scheduled date of Glossip's execution, Branson pleads for the life of a "man, father, son and fellow human being" who was convicted of first-degree murder 17 

Two weeks ago, Oklahoma attempted to execute death row inmate Richard Glossip—a fate he narrowly avoided thanks to a last-minute stay from the state's Court of Criminal Appeals. The execution was rescheduled for Wednesday to give the court time to 

MCALESTER, Okla. – An Oklahoma inmate was just minutes away from death when Gov. Mary Fallin stepped in to bring his execution to a halt. Richard Glossip was scheduled to be put to death at 3 p.m. on Wednesday for 

Oklahoma's globally-watched execution has been put on hold. An emergency stay of execution was given to Richard Glossip. He had even finished his final meal, but in McAlester, just hours before he was to be put to death, a court gave him two more weeks 

Richard Glossip, the Oklahoma man whose execution was temporarily put on hold earlier this month but who is now set to die on Wednesday, made one final plea to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday evening. In a pair of