About This Episode
The American true crime podcast Undisclosed: Toward Justice has renewed attention on the case of Richard Eugene Glossip — a man who spent more than two decades on death row at Oklahoma State Penitentiary following a conviction that has drawn fierce criticism and debate within the American justice system ever since it was handed down.
A murder at an Oklahoma City motel
In the early hours of January 7, 1997, Barry Van Treese, owner of the Best Budget Inn motel chain in Oklahoma City, was found beaten to death at his own property. According to prosecutors, the man who carried out the killing was Justin Sneed — a 19-year-old maintenance worker employed at the motel. Sneed confessed to the murder but claimed he had acted on the orders of his supervisor, motel manager