Essay On The 1998-2004 Trial In Oklahoma

This paper is about the 1998-2004 trial in Oklahoma, which has stirred controversy over the course of many years thus far. Richard Glossip, a hotel worker at the Best Budget Inn was convicted of first degree murder by the Oklahoma County District Court for the alleged murder of his boss, Barry Van Treese on January 7, 1997. The case was heavily based off a testimony by Justin Sneed, a co-worker of Glossip. Sneed confessed he “committed the murder, but was paid to do so”. Sneed also confessed the amount of money to murder Van Treese which was 10,000$ USD. Sneed was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Glossip was sentenced to capital punishment, also known as the death penalty. The punishment was later changed to execution via lethal injection. Large names

Both should get the death sentence. Contractors have the original intent to do the killing, but the hitmen still have intent to commit the murder because of the reward given. In many countries including the U.S.A, their jurisdiction states that contract killing or murder-for-hire is the equal work of two people. Even though the contractor does not kill the victim, he can still be tried for first-degree murder. In many cases, consistency does exist with

Contractor Gregory Summers, a 33 year old man at the time was responsible of contracting hitman Andrew Cantu $10,000 to kill Gene and Helen Summers, who were his adoptive parents at the time. Cantu also killed Billy Summers, who was Gregory’s brother at the time who had Down’s Syndrome. Summers’ would have received 24,000$ in insurance had he not been found guilty of first-degree murder. Summers was executed on October 26, 2006 and Cantu was executed on February 16, 1999. A very similar situation with equal punishments. While similar, this case proves the Glossip case has no consistencies in the