If Glossip were to be executed, he may experience an excruciating death. In 1990, Oklahoma began using an execution method that relied on the intravenous injection of a three-drug cocktail: sodium thiopental, a barbiturate that induces a coma like state, followed by a paralytic agent, and finally a drug to stop the heart, causing death.
Photo: Reed Smith LLP As the clock keeps ticking, Glossip is bracing himself to be served with his death warrant for a fourth time, which will trigger weeks of 24-hour surveillance in total isolation under bright lights that never dim. The first time this happened, in 2014, Glossip went on a 22-day hunger strike in protest.
According to an application for a post-conviction relief filed Friday, Glossip referred to an independent report conducted by international law firm Reed Smith and released in June, saying a "sloppy and truncated" police investigation and destroyed evidence resulted in Glossip's sentencing.