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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Russ Bynum

A timeline of events in the death penalty case of Richard Glossip

Oklahoma Death Sentence Overturned - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

On Thursday, former death row inmate Richard Glossip was granted bond by an Oklahoma judge who ruled Glossip could be freed from jail while awaiting a new trial for a 1997 killing.

During his nearly 30 years behind bars, Glossip came so close to execution multiple times that he was served “last meals” on three separate occasions in 2015. He has long insisted he is innocent in the murder of his former boss, Oklahoma motel owner Barry Van Treese. The U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction and death sentence last year.

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