Supreme Court Overturns Richard Glossip's Conviction, Orders New Trial

The decision highlights prosecutorial misconduct and false testimony in the decades-long death row case.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to overturn Richard Glossip's conviction, citing prosecutorial misconduct and false testimony from the key witness, Justin Sneed.
Glossip, who has spent 27 years on death row in Oklahoma, has consistently maintained his innocence in the 1997 murder of motel owner Barry Van Treese.
The Court's majority opinion, written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, found that Oklahoma prosecutors knowingly allowed false testimony and destroyed critical evidence before Glossip's retrial.
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, a death penalty supporter, advocated for overturning Glossip's conviction due to significant errors in the case, including suppressed evidence and credibility issues with the star witness.
The case now returns to Oklahoma City, where the district attorney will decide whether to retry Glossip or drop the charges, potentially leading to his release.