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Supreme Court Orders New Trial For Murder Conviction

Supreme Court overturns Richard Glossip's conviction for Barry Van Treese's murder, leading to a new trial. Family seeks justice after a lengthy wait.

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Did Glossip and the Oklahoma Attorney General Collusively Conceal Evidence to Win Their U.S. Supreme Court Case?

Justice Thomas observes in his dissent that "the parties collusively excluded" evidence—which I presented to the Court for the victim's family—"in order to reach a predetermined outcome." And the Court majority offers no defense of this deceitful maneuver.

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He's had three 'last meals' on Oklahoma's death row. The Supreme Court has now tossed his conviction

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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Supreme Court Grants Oklahoma Killer New Trial Despite Desperate Pleas From Victim's Family to Carry Out Execution

The U.S. Supreme Court threw out the murder conviction of an Oklahoma death row inmate and ordered a new trial, despite desperate pleas from the victim's family.

Latin Times

"Bizarre" SCOTUS death penalty hearing

Even Oklahoma's Republican attorney general backs Richard Glossip — but court is focused on "procedural niceties"

Salon

Oklahoma death row inmate had three 'last meals.' He's back at Supreme Court in new bid for freedom

Nine times the state of Oklahoma has set a date to execute death row inmate Richard Glossip

The Independent UK

Glossip v. Oklahoma: The Story Behind How a Death Row Inmate and the Oklahoma A.G. Concocted a Phantom "Brady Violation" and Got Supreme Court Review (Part I)

Glossip alleges that his prosecutors withheld evidence at his murder trial—and the Oklahoma A.G. curiously supports his claim. But the prosecutors didn't withhold anything. And the victim's family remains enmeshed in decades of frivolous capital litigation that has now reached the Supreme Court.

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What is the Significance of an Attorney General's Confession of Error in a State Capital Case?

In my Supreme Court amicus brief for the victim's family in Oklahoma v. Richard Glossip, I argue that the Oklahoma Attorney General's unfounded confession of "error" should not dictate the case's outcome.

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US court halts execution of man who received ‘unfair’ trial

The Supreme Court put the execution of Richard Glossip indefinitely on hold in a ruling on Friday.

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As Oklahoma's Attorney General Calls for Clemency, the State Keeps Planning To Execute Richard Glossip

Two damning investigations and a request from the state attorney general haven't been enough to stop the execution.

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Oklahoma death row inmate loses clemency bid despite attorney general appeal

Only Republican governor Kevin Stitt stands between Richard Glossip and the death chamber, with lethal injection set for 18 May

The Guardian - US

Fate of Oklahoma death row inmate rests with parole board

An Oklahoma state board will decide whether to recommend clemency for a death row inmate who is scheduled to die next month and who even the state’s top prosecutor says deserves a new trial

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Oklahoma Says Richard Glossip Was Denied a Fair Trial. An Appeals Court Still Won't Overturn His Conviction.

"While I respect the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion, I am not willing to allow an execution to proceed despite so many doubts," said Oklahoma's attorney general.

Reason

Oklahoma Pulls Back the Relentless Pace of Planned Executions

A plan to put 25 inmates to death over two years is reconsidered.

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Glint of hope for Richard Glossip as Oklahoma appoints independent counsel to review case

Decision comes after growing innocence movement around Glossip’s case as emerging evidence suggests initial conviction was based on shaky grounds

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Oklahoma AG appoints independent counsel in Glossip case

Oklahoma's new attorney general is appointing an independent counsel to conduct a comprehensive review of death row inmate Richard Glossip's murder conviction and death sentence

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Oklahoma inmate gets temporary reprieve from execution

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is granting another temporary reprieve to death row inmate Richard Glossip, pushing his scheduled execution back until February 2023

The Guardian - US

‘Innocent is innocent, period’: Richard Glossip on facing execution again

Oklahoma man has had his execution temporarily called off several times since he was sentenced as the list of flaws in the case grows longer by the day

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The death row inmate whose conviction looks so shaky even Oklahoma Republicans are fighting to save him

Richard Glossip is set to be executed for a 1997 murder which a growing body of evidence suggests he didn’t commit, Josh Marcus reports

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Oklahoma governor grants 60-day reprieve to Richard Glossip

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is granting death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day stay of execution while a state appeals court considers his claim of innocence

Reason

Oklahoma Lawmakers Urge New Review of Evidence Before Richard Glossip Is Executed for Murder

A newly unearthed letter suggests the primary witness against Glossip (and the actual killer) had regrets and made a “mistake.”

Daily Mirror

Inmate rotting on death row for 25 years 'totally INNOCENT' claims bombshell report

Richard Glossip, 59, was sentenced to death after being convicted twice for ordering the killing of his boss Barry Van Treese who was the owner of a hotel he worked at

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Lawmaker: Report shows Oklahoma death row inmate's innocence

A Republican Oklahoma state representative who is a self-described death-penalty supporter said a report by a Houston law firm into the conviction of death row inmate Richard Glossip proves his innocence

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