Hearing Set for Richard Glossip Retrial After Supreme Court Overturned 1997 Murder Conviction

Richard Glossip is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for a hearing that will determine whether his case advances straight to retrial or requires a separate proceeding to assess the sufficiency of evidence. New York Post reported that Glossip, a former Oklahoma death row inmate, was released on bond last month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his initial conviction last year.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has stated that the state intends to retry Glossip on a murder charge but will not seek the death penalty. The case stems from the 1997 killing of motel owner Barry Van Treese in Oklahoma City, whom prosecutors alleged was beaten to death with a baseball bat in a murder-for-hire scheme.

The Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors had allowed a key witness to provide testimony they knew to be false, violating Glossip’s right to a fair trial.

Glossip has maintained his innocence throughout the proceedings and received support from figures including Kim Kardashian. During his nearly three decades on death row, Oklahoma courts set nine execution dates for Glossip. He ate three separate last meals and, in 2015, was held in a cell adjacent to the state’s execution chamber while awaiting lethal injection.

Van Treese’s family had asked the Supreme Court to uphold the original conviction and sentence.