After all, the Supreme Court is stacked with six Republican appointees, including three selected by Trump in his first term. The
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, along with Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Elana Kagan, Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, reinstated a lower
Don Knight, Glossip's attorney, said the court was right to overturn the conviction because prosecutors hid critical evidence from the defense team. “Today was a victory for jus
The justices found that Glossip’s trial violated his constitutional rights because prosecutors did not turn over evidence that might have bolstered his defense. “Glossip is entitled to a new trial,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for five justices.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Richard Glossip, who is on death row in Oklahoma for his role in the 1997 murder of motel owner Barry Van Treese, should get a new trial. In a decision by Justice Sonia Sotomayor,
The court rarely sides with death row inmates, so this rebuke to dishonest prosecutors is a remarkable victory in the fight against unconstitutional executions. But the case has several unusual features that make it more of an outlier than the turn of a new leaf.
This article was updated on Feb. 25 at 1:57 p.m. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Richard Glossip, who is on death row in Oklahoma for his role in the 1997 murder of motel owner Barry Van Treese,
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The Supreme Court ordered that an Oklahoma man convicted of murder, Richard Glossip, who has been scheduled for execution nine times, must now receive a new trial.