Oklahoma's attorney general has filed a motion to overturn the capital murder conviction of Richard Glossip, who has spent almost 26 years on death row. The move comes after the release of a new report detailing considerable issues in the state's case against Glossip, concluding that he was "deprived of a fair trial."
Richard Glossip was convicted in 1998 for the murder of his boss, Barry Van Treese, the year prior. Another man, Justin Sneed, had confessed to the murder, but testified during Glossip's trial that he killed Van Treese in a murder-for-hire scheme set up by Glossip. In exchange for his testimony against Glossip, Sneed avoided the death penalty and received a life sentence.
