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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sean Murphy

Oklahoma prosecutors seek retrial for death row inmate Richard Glossip

Supreme Court-Oklahoma-Execution - (Oklahoma Department of Corrections)

Oklahoma prosecutors will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 killing of his former boss, Attorney General Gentner Drummond said Monday.

The decision comes after the U.S. Supreme Court in February tossed Glossip’s conviction and death sentence. The court determined the original prosecutors in the case allowed a key witness to give testimony they knew to be false, violating Glossip’s constitutional right to a fair trial.

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