Appeals court sets Richard Glossip's execution date with conviction appeal pending
CNN
An Oklahoma appeals court has scheduled the execution date for death row inmate Richard Glossip while his defense rushes to mount a legal battle with newly uncovered evidence they say will prove his innocence in a 1997 murder case.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals scheduled Glossip's execution for September 22 in an order filed Friday, marking the fourth time Glossip has been due for capital punishment in a case which has regularly been delayed by stay orders and other legal complications for years.
According to an application for a post-conviction relief filed Friday, Glossip referred to an independent report conducted by international law firm Reed Smith and released in June, saying a "sloppy and truncated" police investigation and destroyed evidence resulted in Glossip's sentencing.