One of Hollywood's best known actresses has appealed for public help in stopping the execution of a man she says is "clearly innocent". Sarandon won an Oscar for her portrayal of anti-capital punishment campaigner Sister Helen Prejean in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. Richard Glossip, 52, is scheduled to be put to death on 16 September 
 
 Richard Glossip is scheduled to die by lethal injection on 16 September, but has always maintained he is innocent. He was convicted of murder after the man who confessed to the killing claimed that Glossip had hired him to do it. It's always because of some kind of embarrassment," Sarandon told Sky News. "Bad representation; two trials that were ridiculous, no physical evidence. "He's put there by a snitch who actually did kill the person, and then the snitch has life and this guy is being put to death on the 16th. "Once a mistake is made in a judicial system, people just do not want to admit that a mistake has been made, so it becomes impossible case, after case, after case to readdress them." Weinz said the governor has the authority to grant a 60-day stay of execution but not to grant clemency or stop the execution of a prisoner. "The governor of Oklahoma is just a horrible person -- and a woman, so it's even more discouraging," Sarandon said in an interview with U.K.'s Sky News that was released Thursday. Play video "2014: Ending The Death Penalty" Video: 2014: Ending The Death Penalty 
 
 "It's never because of some consciousness-raising that these things change, it's because of some kind of embarrassment. "And so this is where public opinion can make a difference. "This is where having letters sent to the governor can make a difference, because then they understand. Sarandon comes to the Glossip case through Sister Helen Prejean, who penned Dead Man Walking, ﻿a memoir about accompanying inmates to their executions. Prejean has been Glossip's spiritual adviser and plans to accompany him to his execution if the fight to save him is unsuccessful. Glossip has sat on death row for 17 years after being convicted in a murder plot against his boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese.
– Susan Sarandon is using her Hollywood clout to try to save an inmate on Oklahoma's death row. In an interview with Sky News, the actress called Gov. Mary Fallin a "horrible person" for not intervening in next month's scheduled execution of Richard Glossip. He is "clearly innocent," says Sarandon, who has an Oscar for portraying anti-capital-punishment activist Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking. Prejean herself has been meeting with Glossip as a spiritual adviser, reports the Huffington Post. Glossip is on death row over the murder of his boss. The man who confessed to the killing says Glossip hired him to do it, and the actual killer is now serving a life sentence. "Richard's case is so typical," says Sarandon. "Bad representation, two trials that were ridiculous, no physical evidence. He's put there by a snitch who actually did kill the person, and then the snitch has life and this guy is being put to death on the 16th."