The US Supreme Court refused to halt Richard Glossip's execution this afternoon. Glossip was convicted based on the testimony of one man and insists that he is innocent. Pope Francis pleaded for his clemency, but no avail.
Glossip was convicted of the 1997 murder of his boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese, although he was not the direct killer. Another man named Justin Sneed testified that Glossip had hired him to carry out the murder by bludgeoning Van Treese to death. He is currently serving a life sentence, and Glossip’s conviction is largely based on Sneed’s testimony.
The last stay of Glossip’s execution occurred only two weeks ago, hours before he was set to be killed. An appeals court stopped the process so that it could consider claims that new evidence showed Glossip to be innocent.
INC News, Almaty, Mira Kartbayeva - 30/09/2015 - via RT
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