OAN Staff Abril Elfi
2:35 PM – Wednesday, October 9, 2024
The Supreme Court has appeared split over the Oklahoma death penalty case of Richard Glossip and his latest bid for freedom.
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On Wednesday, the court heard arguments in Glossip’s death row case that has left his fate uncertain.
After being found guilty , Glossip was sentenced to death for the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese, the proprietor of a motel. While everyone agrees that Glossip did not kill Van Treese, state prosecutors claimed he paid a maintenance worker named Justin Sneed to carry out the murderous plot and organized a murder-for-hire.
However, Glossip is requesting that the high court consider whether the state violated his right to due process by withholding evidence from the defense and purposefully allowing a crucial witness, Sneed, to give a false…
