Supreme Court throws out Oklahoma death row inmate's conviction

Richard Glossip granted new trial

Richard Glossip. Richard Glossip, on death row in Oklahoma since 1997 for his alleged role in the murder of a motel owner, should get a new trial according to a ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States on Feb. 25. Led by Justice Sonia Sotomayer, the court’s majority . . . Continue reading Richard Glossip granted new trial at Workers.org

An Overlooked Bit of Good News from SCOTUS Last Week Concerning Death Penalty Appeals

Back in October I wrote a diary about a most unlikely hero, the Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond, who took it upon himself to correct a particularly egregious case of prosecutorial misconduct in a death penalty case stretching back to 1997, and against all...

Clarence Thomas Big Mad He Can't Force Oklahoma To Kill Richard Glossip - Above the Law

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) For the last five or so weeks, the news has been nothing but throat punch after throat punch. So, I wasn’t expecting great things when the Supreme Court weighed in on the Oklahoma death row case of Richard Glossip. But the pessimism was misplaced! A majority of the Court found the procedural anomalies in the case warranted a new trial. Glossip’s case is far from typical. His execution was postponed nine times …

Richard Glossip's spiritual advisor speaks on ruling to grant new trial

By Sharon Phillips Click here for updates on this story     TULSA, Oklahoma (KJRH) — The spiritual advisor to death row inmate Richard Glossip is speaking out after the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that he should get a new trial. Reverend David Wiggs with Boston Avenue United Methodist Church is the spiritual advisor to Glossip. 2 News met up with him to discuss the Supreme Court’s latest decision and how his relationship with Glossip began. “I w…

After Nine Execution Dates and Three Last Meals, Richard Glossip May Soon Walk Free

After the Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, his fate is in the hands of an Oklahoma City district attorney.

Glossip to get new trial over uncredible testimony

The U.S. Supreme Court granted Richard Glossip a new trial on the grounds that prosecutors failed to correct false testimony, which led to the jury’s 1998 conviction of Glossip and