{"id":25266,"date":"2023-05-06T20:18:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T00:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=25266"},"modified":"2023-05-06T20:18:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T00:18:55","slug":"richard-glossip-us-supreme-court-halts-mans-fourth-execution-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/05\/06\/richard-glossip-us-supreme-court-halts-mans-fourth-execution-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Glossip: US Supreme Court halts man’s fourth execution attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A convicted man in Oklahoma has escaped a fourth execution attempt after a rare intervention from the US Supreme Court.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The court halted Richard Glossip’s 18 May execution after the state’s top lawman said he did not receive a fair trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2015, Glossip was only a few steps away from the execution chamber when guards halted the execution to review the lethal injection drugs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The order puts the sentence on hold for now while the court considers the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has re-investigated the conviction and asked for a new trial on the grounds that prosecutors concealed information about his accuser that could have helped him fight the charge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Glossip’s boss Barry Van Treese, the owner of the Oklahoma City motel, was beaten to death in 1997.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His colleague Justin Sneed was convicted of the killing but said Glossip had ordered him to carry out the murder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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