Oklahoma denies death row inmate Richard Glossip’s appeal for new trial, despite backing from attorney general

Oklahoma Department of Corrections

An Oklahoma court on Thursday denied a request for a new trial from Richard Glossip, a death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence in the 1997 murder-for-hire of his former boss at an Oklahoma City motel.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals rejected Glossip’s fifth application for post-conviction relief in the case, leaving him few options beyond a US Supreme Court appeal or receiving clemency from the governor to avoid his execution, which is scheduled for May 18.