Currently pending before the Supreme Court is a certiorari petition filed by Richard Glossip, who was convicted eighteen years ago of commissioning the murder of Barry Van Treese in 1997. Glossip was sentenced to death for his crime. Glossip's petition seeks review of an issue related to his purported discovery of "new" evidence, which he alleges was "concealed" by the prosecution.
The newly-elected Oklahoma Attorney General supports Glossip's petition, as indicated by his support of Glossip's earlier-filed motion for a stay of execution.
Yesterday, along with Kent Scheidegger of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, I filed an amicus brief for the Van Treese family and the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association. The brief urges the Court to deny further review. Here is the introduction from the brief:
