Supreme Court doesn’t take many death penalty cases. It took this one.
In debates about the death penalty, one figure looms large on the national stage: Richard Glossip.
Since being placed on Oklahoma’s death row in 1998, Mr. Glossip has been tried twice. He has had nine execution dates. The prisoner has eaten three last meals. He’s been reprieved from execution three times.
The former hotel worker was found guilty of allegedly masterminding the murder of his boss. Mr. Glossip has claimed that he’s innocent. A TV docuseries portrayed his trial as unfair. He’s become a cause célèbre for death penalty skeptics such as Susan Sarandon, Richard Branson, and Kim Kardashian. Mr. Glossip also found an unlikely ally advocating for clemency:
