Unbiased legislation organization investigating Glossip situation releases report boasting his innocence

OKALHOMA Metropolis (KFOR) – There are some new developments in a single demise row inmate’s quest for flexibility. Richard Glossip was convicted in the 1997 murder of his boss, resort proprietor Barry Van Treese. Glossip was accused of selecting Justin Sneed to conquer Van Treese to death.

Nevertheless, right after an unbiased investigation spearheaded by a team of legal professionals and Oklahoma lawmakers, a report has been introduced detailing their results. The conclusion of the deep dive into the situation is that “no affordable jury would have convicted Richard Glossip.”

Lawmakers and the regulation agency are saying they discovered items like the ordered destruction of evidence and contaminated interrogations by detectives that “cast grave doubt as to the integrity of Glossip’s murder conviction and demise sentence.”

“I personally consider that we may have an harmless person in on death row,” claimed state Rep. Kevin McDugle, R-Damaged Arrow, in the course of a news convention on the report Wednesday afternoon.

Immediately after 3,000 hours of wanting into the scenario by reading hundreds of 1000’s of web pages and interviewing witnesses, which includes Glossip himself, 30 lawyers with the regulation firm Reed Smith, specializing in Justice for Prisoners, arrived at a in the vicinity of 350-page report boasting evidence of his innocence.

“We need to right this incorrect by letting this new proof to be read in felony appeals courtroom,” McDugle stated.

The firm’s results claimed 19-12 months-aged Justin Sneed, explained as a drug addict with a criminal historical past, killed Barry Van Treese and later claimed Glossip employed him to do it. Stan Perry with Reed Smith stated Sneeds interview with detectives is an instance of contaminated interrogations.

“In the very first 20 minutes when they interviewed Mr. Sneed, they stated Glossip’s name 6 moments and they advised him, we know he’s at the rear of it,” Perry stated.

They explained other challenges include things like the handling of the criminal offense scene by not logging it or offering it through demo. They additional that they have proof the district lawyer purchased the destruction of proof.

“A box containing 10 merchandise, duct tape, shower curtain, economical documents was destroyed,” Perry said. “That’s inexcusable.”

The report also promises the state only relied on the testimony of Sneed to tie Glossip to the murder. Also at challenge, yrs afterwards, the team says a member of the prosecuting crew at the time was on the pardon and parole board all through Glossip’s hearing.

“She did not recuse herself from that board,” Perry said. “In actuality, she led a demo like cross-examination versus Mr. Glossip.”

With executions set to resume in Oklahoma, Glossip is higher on the listing to get a day established.

“If we put Richard Glossip to demise, I will struggle in this point out to abolish the death penalty basically simply because the approach is not pure,” McDugle mentioned.

Now what’s upcoming? Glossip has exhausted his appeals, but McDugal urged Legal professional Basic John O’Connor to hear to a single much more attraction in light-weight of the findings. The lawyer general’s place of work stated they will not be releasing a assertion at this time. We achieved out to the Van Treese family members for comment. We have not listened to back again.

The legal professional for Richard Glossip also launched a assertion that can be browse in full underneath:

“The Reed Smith report offers the clearest proof nonetheless of Richard Glossip’s innocence. It is now simple that a botched and sloppy police investigation, reckless dealing with of evidence by the prosecution, and incompetent defense lawyers put an harmless male on loss of life row. I feel it would be a disservice to the people today of Oklahoma and our justice technique to execute one of Oklahoma’s citizens on these flimsy grounds. In the coming times, Mr. Glossip’s defense staff will file a request for a listening to with the Oklahoma Courtroom of Appeals so this new proof of innocence can be examined in a court docket of legislation. Primarily based on the scope of this in-depth and unbiased investigation, and its distinct findings, we ask Legal professional Common John M. O’Connor to chorus from placing an execution day until eventually these new details get a reasonable listening to, and to be part of us in seeking justice for Richard Glossip. 25 years on loss of life row for a criminal offense we all now know he did not dedicate, is a awful injustice. Luckily, there is nonetheless time to make it right.”

Don Knight, attorney for Richard Glossip