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Posted by: Paul Burch on May 5, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to halt the scheduled execution of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip on Friday while justices consider two pending petitions for appeal as reported by Reuters. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond had earlier filed a motion urging an Oklahoma appeals court to vacate the conviction and return the case to the federal district court. In a statement, Drummond said an independent counsel investigation had “cast doubt on the conviction.”