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It is almost unheard of for a court to leave in place a criminal conviction after the prosecutor has confessed error. But the Supreme Court appears ready to take the plunge in an Oklahoma capital case where the defendant has been on death row for more than 26 years.
The defendant, Richard Glossip, is 61 years old. He has lived through nine execution dates and eaten his last meal three times. The waiting time alone may be deemed cruel and unusual by some. Or maybe, with our creaky justice system when it comes to death penalty cases, not so unusual and, considering the alternative, not so cruel.
A jury convicted Glossip in 1998 of a murder for hire of his employer. Jurors sentenced him to death. The confessed murderer, Justin Sneed, who allegedly received $10,000 for the job, was the principal witness against him. Sneed was sentenced to life imprisonment. Glossip denied involvement in the murder and steadfastly maintained his innocence.
Glossips lawyer, Seth Waxman, told the justices that Glossip was convicted on the word of one man. Paul Clement, representing the Oklahoma attorney general called Sneed an indispensable witness for the state. Both lawyers are former solicitors general.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-supreme-court-seems-inclined-130000964.html
BlueKota
(3,189 posts)Just like their lord and master Donny.
Initech
(101,411 posts)Both products of Fox News and the Heritage Foundation. We seriously have to stop letting these hideous organizations shit all over the United States government. The government is not their personal property or their plaything. It represents the people, not a small minority of criminally insane billionaires.
Jmb 4 Harris-Walz
(578 posts)I was a fan of Dexter from ShowTime. The serial killer who determined guilt unequivocally before taking action.
I have no problem if someone is unequivocally guilty, but this type of contradictory stuff is sickening.