A look at it and see if this should go back to a lower court for a jury to take a look at the case again. brynn, thank you so much. with us now, republican member of the house of representatives, kevin mcdougal as his wife, leah, let me start with you, this temporary stay of execution from the supreme court from brett kavanaugh, it s huge, what s your response? it was incredible. we went into today thinking it was going to be our last physical good-bye together before richard was due to be moved on death watch. and that was a lot. that was us facing our last hug, our last kiss, our last touch good-bye, with the one you love, that s a whole incredible weight that i think people don t quite realize that we were facing today. and we went into the day thinking that s what we were getting ready to do. and, you know, the clock was ticking down, and that moment was coming when our visit was ending, and the warden came in,
Temporarily the execution date of oklahoma death row inmate richard glosser, just for now, they re going to consider whether to take up his case. his conviction, soleilly flimsy, that even oklahoma s current attorney general says he can no longer support it. ask republican or democratic lawmakers in oklahoma it doesn t matter, they list multiple reasons why glossip should in the be executed. he has maintained his innocence all 26 years he has spent in prison, accused of hiring someone to murder his boss, barry van trees, the person who actually murdered van trees by beating him with a baseball bat. nobody questions that, that s justin snead, he s in prison too, not an death row, because snead secured a deal to avoid the death penalty. plead guilty, testify against glossip and you won t be put to death. since then two independent
Death row. let s say that they re listening right now, okay, that happens in this town, what do you want them to know? i hope that they just take the time to review this case and that it will bring us one step closer to finally seeing the justice that i and so many people believe that richard so rightfully deserves, and that is our ultimate hope is that they just take their time with this case, and that it will bring us one step closer to where we need to be, and where we will continue to pray that we will end up and get to the other side of this together. and what do you want viewers to know, people who are not going to be reading through legal briefs, what should they know about why you think richard should be a free man, and not on death row? i think the biggest takeaway from richard s case is that this
Really does happen. and i think if anyone takes the time to look at his story, they can learn exactly how these things do happen, no matter how many trials you have, and how many appeals you have, it s still possible that these things happen. and i think the incredible coalition that has formed around him is a testament to that, all the legislators that have been fighting so hard for him and many of whom are pro-death penalty republicans and that really says something that they took the time to look at this case and of course the courageous action of attorney general drummond as well. and i think that should tell everybody that there s something deeply wrong with what s happened in richard s case, which is why we are where we are today, and that they just take the time to learn that these things happen and hopefully prevent it from happening in the future and prevent future richard glossips from existing.