The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of Richard Eugene Glossip on Oct. 9. He has been on Oklahoma’s death row since 1998 when he was convicted of hiring motel maintenance man Justin Sneed to murder their employer, motel owner Barry van Treese.
Glossip will ask the high court to order the new murder trial that Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond says the former motel manager deserves.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals says Glossip has been given all the second chances the law allows.
On April 20, 2023, the court ruled that after two trials, five appeals, and two reprieves, Glossip had exhausted his legal options under Oklahoma’s Post Conviction Relief Act….