Former Oklahoma death row prisoner freed from jail as he awaits retrial in 1997 killing
Judge Natalie Mai set bail at $500,000 and imposed GPS monitoring, a curfew and witness-contact restrictions while Glossip awaits retrial.
- On Thursday, Judge Natalie Mai set a $500,000 bond for Richard Glossip, allowing the former death row inmate to leave custody while awaiting a new trial ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court.
- The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Glossip's conviction last year, ruling prosecutors violated his constitutional rights by allowing a key witness to give false testimony regarding the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese.
- State Representatives Kevin McDugle and Justin Humphrey filed a lawsuit against Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler, alleging he improperly withheld public records and coordinated with other prosecutors to keep Glossip on death row.
- Glossip, 63, will leave the Oklahoma State Penitentiary for the first time in nearly 30 years, while Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond confirmed the state will retry the case without pursuing the death penalty.
- A preliminary hearing for the new trial is scheduled for June 23 at 2 p.m., as the case remains under scrutiny following the Supreme Court's finding that previous proceedings were fundamentally flawed.
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Former Oklahoma death row prisoner freed from jail as he awaits retrial in 1997 killing
An Oklahoma man who has narrowly avoided execution three separate times could walk free from a county jail after a judge agreed to grant him bond while awaiting retrial. Judge Natalie Mai on Thursday set bond for Richard Glossip in…
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A timeline of events in the death penalty case of Richard Glossip
On Thursday, former death row inmate Richard Glossip was granted bond by an Oklahoma judge who ruled Glossip could be freed from jail while awaiting a new trial for a 1997 killing.During his nearly 30 years behind bars, Glossip came so close to execution multiple times that he was served “last meals” on three separate occasions in 2015. He has long insisted he is innocent in the murder of his former boss, Oklahoma motel owner Barry Van Treese. T…
Oklahoma judge allows former death row prisoner to be released on bond while awaiting retrial
The decision clears the way for Richard Glossip, 63, to leave a lockup for the first time since his arrest nearly 30 years ago over a 1997 killing that put him on the brink of execution three separate times. The U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction last year.
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