Time for justice to be served
Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 12:00 am
Richard Glossip is scheduled to be executed Wednesday at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in full accordance with the law.
The execution ought to go forward. It is time for Glossip to answer for the brutal 1997 bludgeoning death of Oklahoma City motel owner Barry Van Treese. Although Glossip, Van Treese’s employee, did not wield the baseball bat that killed the father of seven, Glossip arranged the murder, a fact agreed upon in two jury trials and affirmed on appeal.
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M J Sanditen posted at 9:21 pm on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
Sorry Charlie, but I like the fact this sorry editorial reflects back onto corporate control. While Warren Buffet would be appalled at this pathetic journalism, as owner of the paper he does not micro manage the rag. He does not have an issue with delegating control to apparent right wing panderers.
The Tulsa World knows their audience. It is not you and me. What the Tulsa World does not recognize is the fact that this type of right wing extreme public manipulation looks too conservative to companies wanting to expand or relocate. Dams, Downtown, Vision projects are meaningless to those who have no desire to locate in the red of redish States.Yes, the Tulsa World may be their own worst advocates for the city.
Charles Jennemann posted at 8:57 pm on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
Wow, again I am extremely disappointed in the Tulsa World for publishing this lame excuse of an editorial. I of course know it is just someones opinion. Yet, it says, World's Editorial Writers. There is so much wrong with this piece that I am not even going to address. Otherwise, my comment would be many time longer than the piece itself. But I want to address one thing. This is not the first time I have brought this up.
Do you know who I am? Of course, my name appears right at the top of this comment. Just like it says I am Charles Jennemann. Why is it that a Tulsa World editorial writer can write a piece that is this flimsy and not attach a name? Certainly, this piece does not speak for every writer or employee at the Tulsa World yet someone is hiding behind their position of employment here. It is a little ironic that commenters on this site are prohibited to hide behind an alias. Most all opinion writers with any media source put their name on their work.
Please change your policy and require Tulsa World editorial pieces to name the writer. First of all it is only fair since anyone else commenting on this site must be named. Secondly, when we, the Tulsa World subscribers see that a piece is written by an editor that routinely does not seem to do much homework before writing an opinion piece we will know to simply skip over it.
Jim Smith posted at 3:18 pm on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
On the very day that the Tulsa World drops a "kill him today" editorial, the Court of Criminal Appeals gives Glossip the stay that people who care about fairness have been asking for.
Do you guys ever feel... ineffectual?
Royce Currieo posted at 12:42 pm on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
Might I suggest that Oklahoma's DOC substitute the guillotine for the lethal injection in carrying out Death Penalty sentences?
I don't believe there has ever been a single "botched execution" when the guillotine was employed.
M J Sanditen posted at 12:21 pm on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
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Forget economic development in Oklahoma...nobody wants to move here.
One cannot be "pro-life" and "pro-death" at the same time.
Jim Smith posted at 11:03 am on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
If he does, Bloody Mary will order them to kill him again. [sad]
Jim Smith posted at 11:02 am on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
The man who swung the bat gets life. The bat-swinger doesn't get the needle because he testified that someone else hired him. THAT guy gets the needle.
"Glossip arranged the murder, a fact agreed upon in two jury trials and affirmed on appeal." I guess everyone believed the prosecution and the jailhouse snitch. Did they know about the prosecution's deal with Sneed?
Another black mark on bloodthirsty Oklahoma. I fear it won't be our last.
grant holm posted at 10:06 am on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
Right on Cindy
Cindy Keith posted at 9:47 am on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
No physical evidence was found to link Glossip to this crime.
Sneed is the state's only witness against Glossip. Sneed confessed to killing Van Trease. Sneed was offered life if in exchange for testimony against Glossip.
Glossip was offered a deal by prosecutors before his second trial if he would plead guilty. He refused because he claimed innocence. Think about that for just a moment. He'd already been convicted, then granted a second trial.... and offered a lesser sentence in exchange for a guilty plea.... He refused.
Glossip should not be executed today or any other day! Oklahoma is making a huge mistake.
Randall Hodge posted at 9:07 am on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
It's okay that you didn't read anything about the problems with the trials, or the new evidence that was submitted on Monday. Our Dowager Empress, Mary Fallin, didn't read it either.
W B Love posted at 8:54 am on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
The arguments made in a NY Times editorial today (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/opinion/countdown-to-an-execution-in-oklahoma.htmlemc=edit_th_20150916&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=71183083&_r=0) and a longer investigative piece in The Intercept (https://theintercept.com/2015/07/09/oklahoma-prepares-resume-executions-richard-glossip-first-line-die/) point to a glaring omission of evidence, the reliance on a coerced confession from the killer (Sneed) and lack of material evidence as reasons this should not go forward. This editorial makes no argument other than saying we should just get it over with. From the looks of it, our state deserves the disdain reflected in the comments of the readers of the Times.
Marko V. Chaney posted at 8:33 am on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
As has been pointed out elsewhere, this is Oklahoma. There's a chance that he'll survive the execution.
Gordon Mills posted at 7:58 am on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
The anti death penalty supporters would label this as going backwards.
John Smallwood posted at 6:09 am on Wed, Sep 16, 2015.
In agreement.