The high court on Friday ruled to block the execution of Glossip, an Oklahoma inmate convicted in the 1997 murder-for-hire beating death of his boss.
voting against clemency for Glossip. Drummond said that Glossip failed to receive a fair trial in 2004.murder conviction and remand the case back to Oklahoma County District Court. His decision came after ordering an independent review of a case that had long been plagued by doubts and controversy. The court rejected the Attorney General's motion April 20," Drummond's office said.
In 1997, Glossip was charged with accessory to murder after his boss, Barry Van Treese, was beaten to death in a motel room in Oklahoma City. Glossip's coworker testified that Glossip offered money to the colleague to kill Van Treese, which resulted in Glossip receiving the death penalty. "The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals later overturned Glossip's conviction for ineffective assistance of counsel. He was convicted and sentenced to death again at a 2004 retrial," Drummond's office said.
The attorney general previously discovered that the state had failed to produce a box of evidence to Glossip's legal team and Drummond eventually appointed an independent counsel to review the evidence, according to the attorney general's office. "The findings from that review formed much of the basis for the State's motion to vacate the conviction and remand the case to district court," Drummond's office said in a statement.
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