CALL TO ACTION:

On Sept. 22, Richard Glossip is scheduled to be executed by the state of Oklahoma.

There will be an anti-death penalty vigil at 5 pm on Sept. 22 at the corner of McIntire and Preston Ave. It is Cosponsored by Charlottesville Friends’ Meeting and Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, Endorsed by The Activists’ Guide.

A few details about the inmate and his case:

Richard Glossip maintains his innocence in the 1997 murder-for-hire of Barry Van Treese. An independent investigation found that police urged the perpetrator to say Glossip paid him to kill Van Treese. A box of evidence was destroyed, at the order of Oklahoma County prosecutors, before Glossip’s second trial.

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