Instead of guarding against unjust executions, courts are now imposing them
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals took just 14 days to rule against him. Justice David B. Lewis’ unanimousrejected much of the exonerative evidence as insufficient to prove “actual innocence.” He dismissed the rest on the grounds that it “could have been presented much earlier,” and thus cannot be considered now. And he blamed Glossip’s lawyer for failing to uncover the fact that Sneed lied on the stand about his mental illness.
Both Lewis and Lumpkin’s opinions have a chilling tone of contempt for Glossip and his many defenders. At no point do the justices acknowledge the defendant’s humanity, his suffering over the decades, his multiple and near-misses with the execution chamber. The majority opinion adopted an almost gloating tone of self-satisfaction at the court’s ability to analyze the case with cold logic rather than heated passion. The court soundedAdvertisement
This tone is all too familiar. It echoes nearly every U.S. Supreme Court decision over the last five years involving capital punishment. Justice Neil Gorsuch’s death penalty opinions casually discuss defendants as if they are subhuman,
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