Supreme Court blocks Oklahoma from executing Richard Glossip
Glossip had been scheduled to be put to death on May 18 despite statements by new Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond that Glossip did not receive a fair trial.
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Glossip had been scheduled to be put to death on May 18 despite statements by new Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond that Glossip did not receive a fair trial.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday halted the scheduled execution of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, whose cause drew support from the state's Republican attorney general after an investigation shed new light on evidence relating to the 1997 murder Glossip was convicted of commissioning.
The US Supreme Court has blocked Oklahoma from executing death row inmate Richard Glossip, after the state's attorney general agreed his life should be spared and Kim Kardashian backed him.
Glossip had been scheduled to be put to death on May 18 despite statements by new Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond that Glossip did not receive a fair trial.
The Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond supports the stay and testified in the pardon and parole hearing that Glossip should have new trial.