The court rarely sides with death row inmates, so this rebuke to dishonest prosecutors is a remarkable victory in the fight against unconstitutional executions. But the case has several unusual features that make it more of an outlier than the turn of a new leaf.
Barry Van Treese's family is "confident" Oklahoma's Richard Glossip will be found guilty after the Supreme Court tossed his conviction and ordered a new trial.
After nearly three decades maintaining his innocence on Oklahoma’s death row, Richard Glossip this week now has the opportunity to win his freedom after the US Supreme Court ordered he receive a new trial,
Glossip, 62, was granted a new trial by the US Supreme Court in a 5-3 decision which said his constitutional right to due process was denied when he was unfairly convicted of the 1997 murder of his employer based on false testimony.
The Supreme Court threw out Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip’s murder conviction because a key witness lied in court and prosecutors withheld information about him.
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A death row inmate in Oklahoma who has been scheduled for execution nine separate times and been fed three "last meals" has won a new trial after the U.S. Supreme Court tossed his murder conviction.
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The Supreme Court ordered a new trial Tuesday for Richard Glossip, scrapping his conviction and death sentence in an Oklahoma murder nearly three decades old.
Prosecutors' errors violated the constitutional rights of Richard Glossip when he was tried and convicted of murder, so he gets a new trial, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-3 decision.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip must receive a new trial in the 1997 killing of a motel owner in Oklahoma City.
He's had three 'last meals' on Oklahoma's death row. The Supreme Court has now tossed his conviction
“Correcting Sneed's lie would have undermined his credibility and revealed his willingness to lie under oath,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote ... the maximum-security Oklahoma State ...
Both sides had told the justices that long-suppressed evidence had undermined the case against the inmate, Richard Glossip.
The U.S. Supreme Court threw out Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip's conviction for a 1997 murder-for-hire plot and granted him a new trial, concluding on Tuesday that prosecutors violated their constitutional duty to correct false testimony by their star witness.
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