Oklahoma Won’t Pursue Death Penalty for Inmate After Supreme Court Reversed Conviction

Oklahoma’s attorney general says Richard Eugene Glossip’s upcoming trial will be carried out fairly.

Inmate Richard Glossip on Feb. 19, 2021. Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP

Oklahoma will not seek the death penalty for Richard Eugene Glossip in his retrial after the Supreme Court overturned his conviction, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said on June 9.

The nation’s highest court voted 5-3 on Feb. 25 to throw out Glossip’s murder conviction after the state admitted the prosecution was flawed. The court majority found that prosecutors, who were obligated to correct false testimony, had failed to do so.