STORY: "Glossip's clemency hearing is scheduled for Aug. 10. If denied clemency, Glossip is scheduled to be executed by the state on Sept. 22.
Glossip was sentenced to death for ordering the beating death of Oklahoma City motel owner Barry Van Treese in 1997. Another man, Justin Sneed, admitted to robbing and beating Van Treese with a baseball bat, but said he did so only after Glossip promised to pay him $10,000.
The state originally was set to execute Glossip in 2015 when prison officials realized they had received the wrong lethal drug , eventually leading to a moratorium on executions that didn't end until 2021.
An Oklahoma lawmaker recently called Glossip's conviction into question citing a report by a Houston law firm that he says proves his innocence."
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