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,
President Donald Trump is rushing to get lawsuits against his administration before the Supreme Court in pursuit of wins.
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The Supreme Court ordered a new trial Tuesday for Richard Glossip, scrapping his conviction and death sentence in an Oklahoma murder nearly three decades old.
Prosecutors' errors violated the constitutional rights of Richard Glossip when he was tried and convicted of murder, so he gets a new trial, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-3 decision.
The Supreme Court is right to defend its power by saying Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip deserves a new trial.
The Supreme Court on Monday overturned the conviction and death sentence of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip, citing prosecutorial misconduct that likely tainted his 2004 trial. The ruling in Glossip v.
The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life.
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.
We adults have messed up the world for you,” Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor said to a crowd of students at Miami Dade College. “If you’re relying on the adults to fix it, it ain’t gonna happen.
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