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Glossip legal team says evidence is missing

Posted at 4:50 PM, Sep 22, 2015
and last updated 2015-09-22 17:50:57-04

Richard Glossip’s legal team is now claiming evidence pertaining to the investigation has been destroyed.

The death row inmate's lawyers are accusing Oklahoma investigators of destroying evidence.

This week his representatives filed this notice - claiming evidence held by the Oklahoma City Police Department is gone.

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They say it includes several items from the 1997 murder scene that Glossip was convicted of planning.

Last week, with hours to spare, a court granted Glossip a two-week stay of execution.

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His new execution date is next Wednesday.