Oklahoma will not seek the death penalty for Richard Eugene Glossip in his retrial after the Supreme Court overturned his conviction, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said on June 9.
The nation’s highest court voted 5-3 on Feb. 25 to throw out Glossip’s murder conviction after the state admitted the prosecution was flawed. The court majority found that prosecutors, who were obligated to correct false testimony, had failed to do so.
Glossip was convicted of murdering his employer, Barry Van Treese, in 1997 while working as manager of an Oklahoma City motel. Justin Sneed, also convicted in the killing, was given life imprisonment without parole in a plea deal that required him to testify against his co-worker. Glossip admitted he assisted Sneed in concealing the murder after the fact….