Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond took a massive step in favor of the state's highest-profile death row inmate, Richard Glossip, urging an appeals court to vacate his murder conviction.
Drummond requested the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to vacate Glossip's conviction with recommendations in lockstep with an independent review of the inmate's case, according to a press release.The attorney general clarified the state is not saying Glossip is innocent of the charge that he orchestrated the 1997 death of his boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese.
A motel maintenance worker, Justin Sneed, admitted to the killing but said he only did it because Glossip vowed to pay him $10,000. Sneed, who pled guilty to the murder, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Drummond appointed former prosecutor Rex Duncan to review the findings of Glossip's case in January. Duncan issued a 19-page report on Monday to Drummond's office with his findings.
Drummond also said he can't fathom the anxiety and sorrow the development in the case has caused the Van Treese family.
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