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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sean Murphy

Fate of Oklahoma death row inmate rests with parole board

Oklahoma Department of Corrections

An Oklahoma state board will decide Wednesday whether to recommend clemency for a death row inmate who is scheduled to die next month and who even the state's top prosecutor says deserves a new trial.

The Pardon and Parole Board will weigh whether to recommend that Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt spare the life of Richard Glossip, who has long maintained his innocence in the 1997 murder-for-hire killing of his former boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese.

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