After all, the Supreme Court is stacked with six Republican appointees, including three selected by Trump in his first term. The

Don Knight, Glossip's attorney, said the court was right to overturn the conviction because prosecutors hid critical evidence from the defense team. “Today was a victory for jus

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, appearing [two weeks ago] at the University of Louisville’s law school, was asked about eroding confidence in the Supreme Court. “I think my court would probably gather

The justices, in a 5-3 ruling authored by liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, reversed a lower court's decision that had upheld Glossip's conviction.

The justices found that Glossip’s trial violated his constitutional rights because prosecutors did not turn over evidence that might have bolstered his defense. “Glossip is entitled to a new trial,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for five justices.

The high court ruled 5-3 in favor of Glossip and reversed a decision of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals that upheld his conviction and death sentence. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for the court and was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Elena Kagan,

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 court rarely sides with death row inmates, so this rebuke to dishonest prosecutors is a remarkable victory in the fight against unconstitutional executions. But the case has several unusual features that make it more of an outlier than the turn of a new leaf.

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,

Prosecutors' errors violated the constitutional rights of Richard Glossip when he was tried and convicted of murder, so he gets a new trial, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-3 decision.

The Supreme Court is right to defend its power by saying Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip deserves a new trial.

The Supreme Court ordered a new trial Tuesday for Richard Glossip, scrapping his conviction and death sentence in an Oklahoma murder nearly three decades old.