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DARK SECRETS: Us high court halts execution of man who received unfair trial | Vintage Vibes

Glossip was scheduled to be put to death on May 18 for his alleged role in a murder-for-hire plot [File: Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP Photo]

The United States Supreme Court has blocked Oklahoma from executing death-row inmate Richard Glossip for his role in a 1997 murder-for-hire, after the state’s attorney general agreed his life should be spared.

While it is rare for the conservative-dominated court to put executions on hold, it is even more unusual for a prosecutor to side with the inmate.

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