Oklahoma should not execute Richard Glossip

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Turns out Susan Sarandon can write, too.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/susan-sarandon-oklahoma-should-not-execute-richard-glossip

Based on one man’s dubious testimony, Richard Glossip is sentenced to die on Sept. 16 for his alleged role in the murder of hotel owner Barry Van Treese....

According to Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, Glossip has had two trials, appeals and a full clemency-board hearing; surely, his conviction and sentencing are just.

But Fallin’s argument is specious. The Oklahoma Court of Appeals tossed the first conviction due to gross ineffective assistance of counsel; the trial was unlawful.

The second trial wasn’t much better. A careful review of the transcript reveals that Glossip’s lawyers did not thoroughly cross-examine Sneed. Had they carefully scrutinized Sneed’s various confessions, they could have shown the jury all the contradictions, exposing Sneed’s utter non-credibility. Or, had Glossip’s legal counsel allowed the jury to view Sneed’s videotaped confession, the jurors could have seen how the detectives manipulated Sneed — a teenager without a high school education — into implicating Glossip.

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