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September 30, 2015

Richard Glossip to Be Executed Today, Despite Evidence of Innocence 
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Two more people are slated to be executed in the United States in the
coming days. Today, the state of Oklahoma is scheduled to execute
Richard Glossip. In 1997, Glossip was working as a manager at the Best
Budget Inn in Oklahoma City when his boss, Barry Van Treese, was
murdered. A maintenance worker, Justin Sneed, admitted he beat Van
Treese to death with a baseball bat, but claimed Glossip offered him
money and job opportunities for the killing. The case rested almost
solely on Sneed’s claims. No physical evidence ever tied Glossip to
the crime. Sneed did not receive the death penalty.

 

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