Pope Francis and Sir Richard Branson appeal for Oklahoma inmate's life

• Pope Francis and Sir Richard Branson appeal for Oklahoma inmate's life
  
  • Richard Glossip scheduled to die on Wednesday
  • Pope urges Oklahoma governor to commute death sentence
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  For the second time this week, a representative for Pope Francis has asked a US state to call off an execution.

  A letter from Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano sent to Governor Mary Fallin of Oklahoma on behalf of Pope Francis urges her to commute the death sentence of Richard Glossip, who is set to be executed on Wednesday afternoon. The letter from the pope's representative in the US is dated 19 September, but was released on Wednesday by the governor's office.

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