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But the Supreme Court appears ready to take the plunge in an Oklahoma capital case where the defendant has been on death row for more than 26 years. The defendant, Richard Glossip, is 61 years old.
On January 22, 2024, Glossip's petitions for writs of certiorari were granted. On January 26, the Court appointed Christopher G Michel to brief and argue the case as amicus curiae in support of the OCCA’s judgment below. Glossip's case was argued before the Supreme Court on October 9, 2024.
In May 2023, Glossip's attorneys filed an application for stay of execution to the U.S. Supreme Court citing new evidence that has come to light which sheds doubt on the reliability of the state's star witness Justin Sneed, the man who was convicted of actually carrying out the murder of Barry Van Treese.
MORE: Supreme Court to hear 'remarkable' Oklahoma death penalty appeal from Richard Glossip Glossip, 61, was convicted in 1998 for ordering the killing of his then-boss Barry Van Treese.
Richard Glossip, now 60, was convicted of arranging for the murder in 1997 of his boss at the Oklahoma City motel where they worked. ... The Supreme Court previously blocked Glossip’s execution ...
The Supreme Court weighs whether inmate Richard Glossip's murder conviction should be thrown out — an unusual death penalty case in which the attorney general of Oklahoma has sided with a defendant.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip's bid to challenge his conviction for a 1997 murder-for-hire based on his claim that ...
Glossip v. Gross, 576 U.S. 863 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held, 5–4, that lethal injections using midazolam to kill prisoners convicted of capital crimes do not constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Court found that condemned prisoners ...