Richard Glossip Execution Case: A Cat-and-Mouse Game With Justice

What kind of criminal justice system takes 27 years to decide if a man should die? What kind of system plays cat and mouse with a man’s life in this fashion?

A crowd of about 300 gathered for a rally for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip at the state capitol in Oklahoma City on May 9, 2023. Michael Clements/The Epoch Times

Commentary

If Richard Glossip, convicted of arranging a murder in 1997, is executed in Oklahoma, I believe the United States will have handed an immense propaganda coup to its enemies—and this is so even if he were guilty of the crime of which he is accused, which he has always denied. The enemies will be able to say that the criminal justice system in America is an abomination, and the fact that the system of justice in the enemies’ own country is even worse would not be an adequate answer.