TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Jan 23, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip's bid to challenge his conviction for a murder-for-hire based on his claim that prosecutors wrongly withheld evidence favorable to his defense, reports Reuters. The justices took up Glossip's appeal of a lower court's refusal to grant him a hearing after that court determined the newly obtained evidence would not have changed the outcome. Glossip was convicted of commissioning the murder of a motel owner in Oklahoma City in 1997. Recent investigations led Glossip's lawyers to evidence they say casts doubt on the reliability of the prosecution's key witness.