Oklahoma Court Denies Motion To Halt Glossip Execution

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday denied a request to halt the execution planned for later this week of Richard Glossip, whose lawyers said they had uncovered new evidence that points to his innocence.

The court said it found that the evidence was neither new nor compelling enough to merit postponing the execution set for Wednesday. On Sept. 16, it issued a two-week stay in a move that came hours before his scheduled execution and set the new date of Sept. 30 for the lethal injection.

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