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Supreme Court to Hear Historic Death Penalty Case
The on-again, off-again scheduling of Richard Glossip’s execution will be heard by the Supreme Court thanks to questions from Oklahoma.
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According to Mr. Knight, the entire process has been plagued with problems. He said that after Mr. Glossip’s first conviction was reversed due to ineffective legal counsel, but before the second trial began in 1999, a box containing ten items of evidence was destroyed. He said these items would have contained fingerprints, DNA, or other evidence to determine if Mr. Glossip was involved in the murder.
