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The Oklahoma City police officer who slammed a 71-year-old man onto the ground after a traffic stop has been charged with one count of aggravated assault and battery, the local district attorney announced Thursday. Body camera footage from the Oct. 27, 2024 incident showed Sgt. Joseph Gibson stop Lich Vu, 71, for an illegal U-turn after a minor incident. In the footage, Vu denied making U-turn, said his car was hit by another person and the officer asked him to sign the citation. The interaction happened within seconds and footage showed Vu hit the pavement headfirst.
Persons: Joseph Gibson, Lich, Vu, Gibson, Vicki Zemp Behenna, it’s, , Thuan Nguyen, Nguyen, he’s, ” Nguyen, , . Gibson, Mark Nelson Organizations: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Detention, American Community of, NBC, KFOR, Oklahoma, of Police Locations: Oklahoma, American Community of Oklahoma
“I would have been OK with a life sentence,” Littlejohn said in an interview last month. “But a death sentence for robbery? Kevin Stitt, a Republican, after the state parole board voted 3-2 to recommend commuting his sentence to life without parole. It is not the first time Littlejohn has faced an opportunity to overturn his death sentence. In 1998, the Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals vacated the death sentence and ordered a resentencing.
Persons: Emmanuel Littlejohn, he’s, Littlejohn, Kenneth Meers, Meers, — Littlejohn, Glenn Bethany, , ” Littlejohn, , Kevin Stitt, Bethany, , Glenn didn’t, Glenn, , ” Bethany, sentencings, , ’ ”, Gentner Drummond, Stitt, “ Governor Stitt Organizations: Gov, Republican, Emmanuel Littlejohn . Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Oklahoma, Locations: Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
Supreme Court Blocks Richard Glossip’s Execution
  + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Jess Bravin | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Richard Glossip has steadfastly denied his guilt. Photo: Oklahoma Department of Corrections/Associated PressWASHINGTON—The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip , whose conviction for a 1997 murder has been repudiated by the state attorney general for trial and investigatory errors that cast doubt on his guilt. Mr. Glossip, 60 years old, had been scheduled to die May 18 for hiring a handyman to kill Barry Van Treese , the owner of the motel Mr. Glossip managed in Oklahoma City. Mr. Glossip has steadfastly denied his guilt, and his conviction rested almost entirely on the testimony of Justin Sneed , the handyman who admitted to beating Mr. Van Treese to death with a baseball bat.
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