Richard Glossip on Life After Decades on Death Row
In an exclusive interview at home in Oklahoma City, Glossip describes his first days of freedom in a world he hasn’t experienced for nearly 30 years.
The owner of a Best Budget Inn on the outskirts of Oklahoma City was killed inside Room 102. The state has spent years trying to execute Richard Glossip for the crime despite mounting evidence that he is innocent.
In an exclusive interview at home in Oklahoma City, Glossip describes his first days of freedom in a world he hasn’t experienced for nearly 30 years.
After nine execution dates, three last meals, and a Supreme Court ruling in his favor, Richard Glossip should soon walk free.
A year since his legal victory — and after six judges recused themselves — Glossip is asking a new trial judge to release him from jail.
Nearly a year after the Supreme Court tossed his death penalty conviction, Oklahoma is struggling to retry Glossip.
Veteran prosecutor Fern Smith convicted both Tremane Wood and Richard Glossip. She calls a judge in both cases a friend.
Judge Susan Stallings refuses to recuse herself from the third trial of Richard Glossip, despite her ties to the Oklahoma County DA’s office.
AG Gentner Drummond, who is running for governor, told Glossip’s lawyer that the timing of his release hinged “on his own political calculus.”
Mere months ago, Glossip seemed close to exoneration. Now he’s facing a third murder trial.
In an explosive new court filing, Glossip’s attorneys accuse Gentner Drummond of reneging on a plan negotiated in 2023.
After the Supreme Court overturned Glossip’s conviction, prosecutors claimed to have “a plethora of evidence,” while offering none.
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