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The Case of Richard Glossip
📻 Episode #514
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Feb 27, 2025
About This Episode
On January 7th, 1997, the owner of the Best Budget Inn in Oklahoma City, OK was beaten to death with a baseball bat at his motel by admitted killer, thief, and methamphetamine addict Justin Sneed. Mr. Sneed, fearful of the death penalty, falsely accused his boss, Richard Glossip, of masterminding the murder for hire plot…
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The Case
On January 7th, 1997, the owner of the Best Budget Inn in Oklahoma City, OK was beaten to death with a baseball bat at his motel by admitted killer, thief, and methamphetamine addict Justin Sneed. Mr. Sneed, fearful of the death penalty, falsely accused his boss, Richard Glossip, of masterminding the murder for hire plot in exchange for leniency. Now, Richard sits on death row in Oklahoma.
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00:06:51“Speaker 1: could have done so almost any time without violence, and Speaker 1: he could have skipped down. But he never did, and Speaker 1: certainly he didn't do so by involving a meth head Speaker 1: named Justin Sneak. Now, Justin had come through town with Speaker 1: a roof and crew out of Texas, and while he”
00:25:38“Speaker 4: There is no real evidence of that. We took a Speaker 4: look at that spreadsheet, which, by the way, no one Speaker 4: did until we got involved in this case. We have Speaker 4: two forensic accountants who looked at it and they said, Speaker 4: the idea that Rich was stealing money based upon the”
00:44:13“Speaker 4: from Sneed's mouth through at least two or three witnesses. Speaker 4: We know what happened in this case, and we know Speaker 4: that rich didn't have anything to do with this murder Speaker 4: at all. And so we are ready to go to Speaker 4: the Pardon and Parole Board with this new information. We”
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