US Supreme Court Accepts Death Row Appeal of Oklahoma Inmate After State Admits Errors

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in the high-profile case of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Eugene Glossip after the state admitted it made mistakes in the case and announced support for the appeal. The decision to hear the case came on Jan. 22 after the court previously acted on May 5, 2023, to stay Mr. Glossip’s execution pending the outcome of the petitions he filed. Mr. Glossip was convicted of murdering his employer, Barry Van Treese, in 1997 while employed as manager of a motel in Oklahoma City. Motel handyman Justin Sneed, who was also convicted in the killing, was spared the death penalty and given life imprisonment without parole as part of a plea bargain in which he agreed to testify against his co-worker....