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pacino wrote:Oklahoma might execute an innocent man:

“Why would they do that? Why would they destroy evidence in a case that is yet to go back to trial that is on appeal? Why would anybody do that?” asks Don Knight, Glossip’s new lead attorney.

The second trial does contain a stipulation from the state conceding there was no physical evidence linking Glossip to the murder scene. In 1997 when the murder happened, the Oklahoma City crime lab was home of Joyce Gilchrist, a police chemist who would later supervise the DNA lab. Her testimony led to dozens of convictions, many were overturned after subsequent review found Gilchrist had misidentified evidence or testified outside the bounds of scientific knowledge. She was never charged and died earlier this year.

It is possible the shower curtain and other destroyed evidence could be tested today and aid in determining Glossip’s guilt. However, his attorneys say all the new evidence they’ve uncovered points to his innocence.

Glossip said he did get angry when he learned a former inmate who served in a cell near Sneed signed a sworn affidavit that Sneed was bragging about setting up Glossip for a crime he had no involvement in. However, Glossip said he let go of his anger. “I’m not even going to let Justin Sneed get away with trying to destroy the peace that I have in me. He's taken a lot from me; he's taken a lot from the Van Treese family.”

Where does his peace in the face of an execution come from? It comes from the wish Glossip conveyed to Fox 25 during his first interview with us. “It does give me peace knowing that everybody knows the truth now. They knew that Justin Sneed has been lying all along and that's all I wanted. That's all I can ask for, if the worst has to happen, that's all I can ask for is that people know that I was innocent.”

The governor’s office has held firm to its position not to grant a stay of execution, though that is a possibility, all the way up until the execution begins Wednesday afternoon. Supporters of his execution say they do not believe any of the new evidence presented by Glossip’s attorneys proves he was not involved in Van Treese’s murder.

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

pacino wrote:Oklahoma might execute an innocent man:

“Why would they do that? Why would they destroy evidence in a case that is yet to go back to trial that is on appeal? Why would anybody do that?” asks Don Knight, Glossip’s new lead attorney.

The second trial does contain a stipulation from the state conceding there was no physical evidence linking Glossip to the murder scene. In 1997 when the murder happened, the Oklahoma City crime lab was home of Joyce Gilchrist, a police chemist who would later supervise the DNA lab. Her testimony led to dozens of convictions, many were overturned after subsequent review found Gilchrist had misidentified evidence or testified outside the bounds of scientific knowledge. She was never charged and died earlier this year.

It is possible the shower curtain and other destroyed evidence could be tested today and aid in determining Glossip’s guilt. However, his attorneys say all the new evidence they’ve uncovered points to his innocence.

Glossip said he did get angry when he learned a former inmate who served in a cell near Sneed signed a sworn affidavit that Sneed was bragging about setting up Glossip for a crime he had no involvement in. However, Glossip said he let go of his anger. “I’m not even going to let Justin Sneed get away with trying to destroy the peace that I have in me. He's taken a lot from me; he's taken a lot from the Van Treese family.”

Where does his peace in the face of an execution come from? It comes from the wish Glossip conveyed to Fox 25 during his first interview with us. “It does give me peace knowing that everybody knows the truth now. They knew that Justin Sneed has been lying all along and that's all I wanted. That's all I can ask for, if the worst has to happen, that's all I can ask for is that people know that I was innocent.”

The governor’s office has held firm to its position not to grant a stay of execution, though that is a possibility, all the way up until the execution begins Wednesday afternoon. Supporters of his execution say they do not believe any of the new evidence presented by Glossip’s attorneys proves he was not involved in Van Treese’s murder.

last minute reprieve from the OK criminal appeals court