Richard Eugene Glossip (born February 9, 1963) is an American prisoner who was on death row [2] for over two decades at Oklahoma State Penitentiary after being convicted of commissioning the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese. [3]

4 days ago · After nearly three decades maintaining his innocence on Oklahoma’s death row, Richard Glossip this week now has the opportunity to win his freedom after the US Supreme Court ordered he receive a ...

5 days ago · After more than a quarter century on death row, Richard Eugene Glossip has won a chance at a new trial in the 1997 murder of Oklahoma City business owner Barry Van Treese. Van Treese was fatally beaten by maintenance worker Justin Sneed. Sneed confessed to the murder but took a plea deal and testified that Glossip, who at the time was the hotel manager, paid him to rob and kill Van Treese.

6 days ago · Glossip has maintained his innocence for 27 years, claiming Sneed falsely accused him to avoid the death penalty. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip a new trial in the case of a 1997 murder-for-hire plot that has remained in public view through multiple appeals and high-profile hearings.

Feb 25, 2025 · Glossip's lawyers asked the justices to throw out his conviction and grant him a new trial after the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals upheld his death sentence despite potentially exculpatory evidence being found in an independent investigation ordered last year by Drummond. What to know about Richard Glossip's case. Glossip, now 62, was convicted of commissioning the murder of Barry Van ...

Jan 27, 2024 · Glossip’s case dates to January 7, 1997, when Barry Van Treese, a 54-year-old husband and father of seven, was beaten to death at the Oklahoma City motel he owned by a 19-year-old named...

Feb 25, 2025 · A fractured Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, whose appeal drew national attention and support from the state’s conservative attorney ...

Feb 25, 2025 · Glossip was convicted and sentenced to death in the 1997 killing in Oklahoma City of his former boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese, in what prosecutors have alleged was a murder-for-hire scheme ...

Feb 25, 2025 · Glossip was convicted and sentenced to death in the 1997 killing in Oklahoma City of his former boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese, in what prosecutors have alleged was a murder-for-hire scheme.

Feb 25, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who was found guilty in the killing of a motel owner but has ...