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| Pope Francis appeals to Oklahoma to stop another US execution | Pope Francis appeals to Oklahoma to stop another US execution |
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| Pope Francis has appealed to the governor of Oklahoma to commute an inmate's death sentence. | Pope Francis has appealed to the governor of Oklahoma to commute an inmate's death sentence. |
| The Pope sent a similar plea this week to Georgia officials to spare the life of inmate Kelly Gissendaner. | The Pope sent a similar plea this week to Georgia officials to spare the life of inmate Kelly Gissendaner. |
| However, Ms Gissendaner, who ordered her husband's murder, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday after a number of legal appeals. | However, Ms Gissendaner, who ordered her husband's murder, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday after a number of legal appeals. |
| During the pontiff's visit last week to the US, the Pope urged Congress to abolish the death penalty. | During the pontiff's visit last week to the US, the Pope urged Congress to abolish the death penalty. |
| The pope's representative Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano wrote Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin about the case of Richard Glossip on 19 September. | |
| Glossip, convicted of conspiring to kill his boss, is set to die by lethal injection on Wednesday afternoon. | Glossip, convicted of conspiring to kill his boss, is set to die by lethal injection on Wednesday afternoon. |
| He and his family have maintained his innocence for nearly 20 years, arguing that he was set up. | |
| An Oklahoma court had agreed to halt his execution that had been scheduled for two weeks ago when his lawyers brought up new evidence for review. | |
| That court has not called to stop Wednesday's execution. | |
| Ms Fallin said at the time she would respect whatever decision the appeals court made after lawyers reviewed new evidence. | |
| Glossip also served as a plaintiff in a case that argued the sedative midazolam violated the US's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. | |
| The US Supreme Court upheld Oklahoma's three-drug formula for lethal injections in June, allowing his execution to proceed. |