The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 25 voted 5–3 to throw out the murder conviction of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Eugene Glossip after the state admitted the prosecution was flawed.
The court’s majority opinion was written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
The Supreme Court ordered a retrial for Glossip after prosecutors, who were obligated to correct false testimony, failed to do so.
Four other justices joined Sotomayor’s opinion. One, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, joined part of the opinion but dissented in part. Three justices, led by Justice Clarence Thomas, dissented from the majority opinion. Justice Neil Gorsuch did not participate in the case….