STORY: AG: (Attorney General): "Decision on Richard Glossip's fate expected in coming weeks," by Reporter Alyse Jones, published by KOCO, 0n 000 000. (Alyse Jones is a multimedia journalist for KOCO 5 News. Raised in Edmond, she graduated from Oklahoma Christian School and The University of Oklahoma, Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degrees in journalism and Spanish.)
SUB-HEADING: "On Tuesday, he was transferred from the state prison to the Oklahoma County Detention Center, where he will wait to hear if he is free or headed back to jail."
GIST: "A countdown is on for a former death row inmate to learn his fate.
Richard Glossip spent nearly 30 years on death row. On Tuesday, he was transferred from the state prison to the Oklahoma County Detention Center, where he will wait to hear if he is free or headed back to trial.
Those answers are expected to come in the next month.
Glossip ate three last meals and had nine execution dates at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond will decide if Glossip will go through the court system again and how much more of his life could be spent behind bars.
In late February, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction, citing missing evidence and false testimony from a witness.
Drummond's office said moving Glossip off death row and back to the county where he was initially convicted is the next step in the process.
Drummond and Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna are working together to decide what charges Glossip will face.
"I believe he was wrongfully convicted, and I believe he needs to walk out of that jail a free man," state Rep. Justin "JJ" Humphrey said.
Humphrey has advocated for Glossip for years and said he thinks the attorney general shouldn't try the case at all.
"I think the case against Richard for the state would be weak as water," Humphrey said. "I have never seen a case where he should’ve served one day."
In February, Drummond told KOCO that he was reviewing evidence to decide the charge. Drummond said he doesn't believe Glossip is innocent, but he also doesn't think the death penalty would hold again.
On Tuesday, his office said the review is ongoing.
"I would encourage the AG not to delay. I think he’s been there 27 years. I think you’ve had a whole year to look at this," Humphrey said.
Drummond's office said a decision is expected in four to six weeks. With a new charge, Glossip would face another trial.
Jail officials did not comment on his transfer but confirmed to KOCO that he is in protective custody."
The entire story can be read at:
https://www.koco.com/article/richard-glossip-fate-freedom-ok-county-jail-transfer-next-steps/64555714PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.
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FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."
Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
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SEE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG, AT THE LINK BELOW: HL:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985
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FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."
Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
