Richard Glossip, the former death row inmate who survived nine execution dates and three last meals, is set to walk out of prison on a $500,000 bond while he awaits his third trial for a 1997 murder. Oklahoma County District Judge Natalie Mai granted the bond on May 14, 2026, marking a dramatic shift in a case that has dragged on for nearly three decades.
Glossip will be released under strict conditions, but for the first time in 29 years, he’ll taste freedom outside prison walls. According to The Hill, the decision comes after a long legal battle that saw Glossip’s convictions overturned twice – in 2001 due to ineffective counsel and in 2025 when the Supreme Court ruled prosecutors had committed misconduct by allowing false testimony from the key witness against him.
