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] 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 ...

6 days ago · In January 1997, Barry Van Treese, the owner of a motel in Oklahoma City, was murdered. Richard Glossip, an employee at the motel, was charged as an accessory to murder. His coworker, Justin Sneed ...

5 days ago · The murder of Barry Van Treese Glossip’s case dates to January 7, 1997, when Van Treese, a 54-year-old father of seven, was beaten to death at his motel by Sneed, then 19, court records state ...

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.

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 · 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 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 — 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 ...

May 5, 2023 · The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution after Oklahoma’s attorney general urged that Mr. Glossip not be put to death, citing problems with his murder trial.

Feb 25, 2025 · This article was updated on Feb. 25 at 1:57 p.m. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Richard Glossip, who is on death row in Oklahoma for his role in the 1997 murder of motel owner Barry Van Treese, should get a new trial. In a decision by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the majority agreed that pro