Supreme Court Grants New Trial to Death Row Inmate in Oklahoma
February 25, 2025
Both sides had told the justices that long-suppressed evidence had undermined the case the case against the inmate, Richard Glossip.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a new trial to Richard Glossip, a death row inmate in Oklahoma whose challenge to his conviction led to an extraordinary concession from the state’s attorney general.
State lawmakers from both political parties, along with celebrities like Kim Kardashian, had called for clemency or a new trial.
Most crucially, Attorney General Gentner Drummond of Oklahoma, a Republican, had asked the justices to throw out Mr. Glossip’s 2004 conviction and order a retrial.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for the majority, said prosecutors had failed to correct false testimony from their star witness, violating Mr. Glossip’s due process rights. “Glossip is entitled to a new trial,” she wrote.