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OK Criminal Defense Attorney Breaks Down Richard Glossip's Request for Release
OKLAHOMA, JUL 16 – Glossip's attorneys argue a 2023 email pact with Oklahoma's Attorney General guarantees his immediate release with credit for time served, despite the state's refusal to honor it.
- On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, Richard Glossip’s attorneys filed a motion citing emails from April 2023 showing AG Gentner Drummond agreed to a plea deal promising his immediate release.
- Following the February 2025 vacatur, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated Richard Glossip's conviction and death sentence due to prosecutorial misconduct, as court documents state.
- Don Knight proposed an accessory charge, under the deal, Glossip would receive credit for time served, making him immediately eligible for release.
- Rejecting the deal, AG Gentner Drummond reversed course and will prosecute Glossip for first-degree murder again.
- Asked to enforce the original 2023 agreement, the judge expects a decision by July 23.
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Richard Glossip says 2023 plea deal will allow him to go free
Oklahoma Attorney General Accused in New Court Filings of Reneging on Plea Agreement in Richard Glossip’s Case | Death Penalty Information Center
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is facing accusations that he broke a written agreement that would have freed former death row prisoner Richard Glossip from prison more than two years ago, according to court documents filed in mid-July 2025. The revelation centers on email exchanges from April 2023, where AG Drummond, in a thread with Don Knight, counsel for Mr. Glossip, agreed to a plea deal that would have resulted …
Counsel for Richard Glossip files motion claiming OK Attorney General agreed to free him
A new motion has been filed by Richard Glossip's attorney to have him released based on an agreement Glossip's attorney states was made with Attorney General Gentner Drummond in 2023.
Former death row inmate alleges Oklahoma AG entered into agreement to set him free
Attorney General Gentner Drummond speaks about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to vacate Richard Glossip's sentence during a press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Janelle Stecklein/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY – A man who faced execution nine times and had his conviction vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court is asking a judge to enforce what he says is an agreement between him and the state’s attorney general that…
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