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.

Feb 25, 2025 · in Oklahoma City. Richard Glossip managed the Oklahoma City hotel and lived there with his girlfriend. In the sum-mer of 1996, Justin Sneed and his stepbrother approached Glossip and asked him about working for a room. 2 App. 648. Glossip agreed to let them stay in return for help with maintenance and housekeeping. Sneed, however, had a

The man who murdered Van Treese, Justin Sneed (age 19 when he committed the crime), had a " meth habit" and agreed to plead guilty in exchange for testifying against Glossip. Sneed received a life sentence without parole, avoiding the death penalty by his plea bargain.

Feb 25, 2025 · Oklahoma was set to kill Richard Glossip, but he’s almost certainly innocent, due to the changing testimony of Justin Sneed. Now the Supreme Court has ordered a new trial.

Feb 25, 2025 · Glossip, now 62, has faced execution nine times. A former hotel manager, he was found guilty of orchestrating the 1997 murder of his boss, Barry Alan Van Treese, 54, at the Best Budget Inn in Oklahoma City. Glossip was sentenced to death for paying Justin Sneed, a 19-year-old accomplice and maintenance man, to kill Van Treese.

Feb 25, 2025 · An Oklahoma jury convicted petitioner Richard Glossip of paying Justin Sneed to murder Barry Van Treese and sentenced him to death. At trial, Sneed admitted he beat Van Treese to death, but testified that Glossip had offered him thousands of dollars to do so.

Feb 25, 2025 · Another man, Justin Sneed, admitted robbing Van Treese and beating him to death with a baseball bat but testified he only did so after Glossip promised to pay him $10,000. Sneed received a life ...

Another man, Justin Sneed, admitted to robbing and killing Van Treese after Glossip promised to pay him $10,000. Sneed received a life sentence in exchange for his testimony and was the key ...

Feb 25, 2025 · Richard Glossip was convicted in 1998 and sentenced to death for allegedly asking Justin Sneed – the prosecution’s star witness – to murder another man. Sneed's testimony was the only direct evidence connecting Glossip to the murder, and Glossip maintained his innocence throughout.

Oct 9, 2024 · Glossip, 61, is a death row inmate in Oklahoma who was convicted of helping murder his boss, Oklahoma City motel owner Barry Van Treese, in 1997. The victim was found bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat in Room 102 of his motel, the Best Budget Inn, on Jan. 7, 1997. Justin Sneed, the motel’s maintenance man, confessed to killing Van Treese.