Honorable David Lewis

David Lewis

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

United States

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Ignored Evidence of Innocence

Erred in denying post-conviction relief to Richard Glossip; inaccurately described brady material as "work product" within his Opinion (4/20/2023). Ignored cumulative error that would have reasonably changed the outcome at trial had the jury been made aware of the evidence obscured by the State. His ruling is a manifest miscarriage of justice. He also claimed to weigh evidence in a light most favorable to the state... then ruled in contradiction to the State's Attorney's request to vacate the conviction! The opinion makes clear that new evidence was improperly evaluated at best or ignored at worst in an effort to deny relief and continue towards executing a man who has provided proof of his innocence claims, despite a litany of bad government actors intentionally subverting his efforts at every turn. Lewis has now done just that, and ruled in favor of executing a man who is likely innocent of the crimes he was convicted of.

Fri, 04/21/2023 - 16:13

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