The Supreme Court is blocking Oklahoma from executing inmate Richard Glossip while it reviews the case. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has said that Glossip did not receive a fair trial.
FILE - This photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Richard Glossip on Feb. 19, 2021. The Supreme Court on Friday, May 5, 2023, blocked Oklahoma from executing death row inmate Richard Glossip after the state's attorney general agreed Glossip's life should be spared. Glossip had been scheduled to be put to death on May 18 despite statements by new Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond that Glossip did not receive a fair trial.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday blocked Oklahoma from executing death row inmate Richard Glossip afterGlossip had been scheduled to be put to death on May 18 despite statements by new Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond that Glossip did not receive a fair trial. The high court put the execution on hold while it reviews the case. Justice Neil Gorsuch took no part in the case, presumably because he dealt with it earlier as an appeals court judge.
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