The state of Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Richard Glossip on May 18 for the 1997 murder of his employer Barry Van Treese.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denied Glossip’s application for clemency on April 26.
An unusual partnership of anti-death penalty activists and capital punishment advocates will gather at the state capitol in Oklahoma City on May 4 for a press conference and demonstration asking Gov. Kevin Stitt to intervene.
In a history-making move, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond asked the Pardon and Parole Board during its April 26 meeting to stop the execution and give Glossip a new trial. Drummond, who was not Attorney General when Glossip was on trial, said the state made mistakes that denied him a fair trial….