A state board has voted unanimously not to recommend sparing the life of a former Oklahoma City motel manager who is scheduled to die for the 1997 beating death of the motel's owner.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 5-0 Friday against recommending clemency for 51-year-old Richard Glossip, who spoke to the board via a video link from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
Glossip was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Barry Alan Van Treese of Lawton at a west Oklahoma City motel. A co-defendant confessed to beating Van Treese, but said he did so at Glossip's direction.
Glossip has maintained his innocence and his attorneys argue that he's been a model prisoner for 17 years and that his life has value.
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