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The Supreme Court is reviewing Richard Glossip's case, highlighting concerns about trial fairness and new evidence.

The Supreme Court is returning to the case of Richard Glossip, who has spent most of the past quarter century on Oklahoma’s death row for a murder he says he did not commit

Glossip alleges that his prosecutors withheld evidence at his murder trial—and the Oklahoma A.G. curiously supports his claim. But the prosecutors didn't withhold anything. And the victim's family remains enmeshed in decades of frivolous capital litigation that has now reached the Supreme Court.

After multiple investigations shed doubt on his conviction, the Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Oklahoma death-row inmate Richard Glossip will get a new trial.

Twenty-four executions have been carried out in 2023 — five more than last year, the Death Penalty Information Center says. Meanwhile, 50% of Americans say the death penalty is applied unfairly.

The state's own attorney general has said Glossip deserves a new trial.

The Supreme Court put the execution of Richard Glossip indefinitely on hold in a ruling on Friday.

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of execution on Friday to an Oklahoma man convicted of murder whose case has sparked appeals for clemency from Pope Francis and Hollywood stars.

Prominent death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean, whose book “Dead Man Walking” was turned into a movie, is calling on Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt to grant a 60-day reprieve to a prisoner scheduled for execution