![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/innocent-death-row-inmates-evidence-denied-by-court-despite-calls-for-release/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_EEUU-EJECUCIN-United-States-06-Feb-2021.jpg&description=Lawyers continue to appeal the innocence of death row inmate Richard Glossip, but a court denied their request for an evidentiary hearing. Richard Glossip's team say the state destroyed important evidenceA court rejected the request for an evidentiary hearing Attorneys for death row inmate Richard Glossip were dealt a blow in t he quest to prove his innocence earlier this week. Glossip's team had requested the Court of Criminal Appeals for a new evidentiary hearing and say the state destroyed important evidence, that he is intellectually challenged and that his trial attorneys were not up to scratch. "The evidence he proffers to support this theory consists of affidavits from jailhouse informers, drug dealers, exotic dancers and residents of the Best Budget Inn," the court wrote, rejecting the requests. "These affidavits do not provide the clear and convincing evidence that Glossip would like this court to believe." The team also argued that an extensive report by law firm Reed Smith, to which 30 lawyers contributed, said that a jury would not have found Glossip, 59, guilty had they seen the evidence. The court rejected the report. A top Republican politician who believes in the death penalty says Glossip should not be executed ( AFP/Getty Images) A total of 62 Oklahoma lawmakers, of which 44 are Republicans, called for an evidentiary hearing to allow for a review of the evidence. Glossip, in jail in Oklahoma, was jailed for the death of Barry Van Treese, beaten to death in an Oklahoma City motel. He has long maintained his innocence despite the sentence against him. His attorney Don Knight said in a statement on Thursday that the decision was a "very difficult decision to understand". Glossip has married his second wife behind bars, 32-year-old Lea Rodger ( Sky News) He said: "The evidence of Rich's innocence, and the State's misconduct, is overwhelming and deserving of, at the very minimum, a fair hearing where we can present our evidence. "This is all we have eve){kind=link}
Lawyers continue to appeal the innocence of death row inmate Richard Glossip, but a court denied their request for an evidentiary hearing. Richard Glossip’s team say the state destroyed important evidence
Attorneys for death row inmate Richard Glossip were dealt a blow in t he quest to prove his innocence earlier this week.
Glossip’s team had requested the Court of Criminal Appeals for a new evidentiary hearing and say the state destroyed important evidence, that he is intellectually challenged and that his trial attorneys were not up to scratch.
“The evidence he proffers to support this theory consists of affidavits from jailhouse informers, drug dealers, exotic dancers and residents of the Best Budget Inn,” the court wrote, rejecting the requests.
“These affidavits do not provide the clear and convincing evidence that Glossip would like this court to believe.”