The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate who claims innocence in a 1997 murder-for-hire case.
The state’s attorney general now supports sparing Glossip’s life due to concerns about a fair trial.
Despite doubts about the trial, an appeals court upheld Glossip’s conviction, and the state’s pardon and parole board deadlocked in a vote to grant him clemency.
“Public confidence in the death penalty requires the highest standard of reliability, so it is appropriate that the U.S. Supreme Court will review this case,” Drummond said.
“As Oklahoma’s chief law officer, I will continue fighting to ensure justice is done in this case and every other.”
“He has no criminal history, no history of misconduct during his entire time in prison, and has maintained his innocence throughout a quarter century wrongfully on death row. It is time – past time – for his nightmare to be over,” attorney John Mills stated.
Glossip has been close to execution multiple times, with the last scheduled execution halted due to a drug mix-up.
The case has attracted significant attention and will be heard by the Supreme Court with only eight justices.
Justice Neil Gorsuch is not participating in the case.
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