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SCOTUS Orders New Trial for Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip, Who Maintains Innocence

HeadlineFeb 26, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, who has been on Oklahoma’s death row for nearly three decades. Glossip has for years maintained his innocence after being convicted as the mastermind behind the 1997 murder-for-hire of his former employer. We’ll have more on this story later in the broadcast with Glossip’s spiritual adviser, anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean.

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