Justice Amy Coney Barrett concurred in part and dissented in part ... Thomas noted in his dissenting opinion that Glossip was twice sentenced to death by Oklahoma juries and failed to persuade either body “with authority” to eliminate his death ...
The wife of an Oklahoma man whose murder conviction and death penalty were thrown out by the Supreme Court says the decision is “an answered prayer.”
But the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals last ... the testimony in dispute was “patently immaterial." Justice Amy Coney Barrett agreed with some, but not all, of the majority’s conclusions.
In 5-3 decision, the justices set aside Richard Glossip's conviction, saying it may have been based on false testimony.
The Supreme Court gave an Oklahoma death row inmate a new chance in the high-profile 1997 murder case. Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented.
Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate who was joined in his bid to have his conviction thrown out by the state's Republican attorney general.