Supreme Court Considers Oklahoma Death Row Inmate's Conviction Appeal

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, whose case has been marred by prosecutorial misconduct and doubts about his conviction. The state attorney general has admitted mistakes and supports vacating Glossip's conviction, but the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has refused to accept the confession of error. Glossip's attorneys argue that the state failed to disclose evidence related to the credibility of a key witness, and new information has come to light about the witness's psychiatric condition. The case dates back to 1997 when Glossip was implicated in a murder-for-hire plot, but the state's recent admission of error has raised serious questions about the fairness of his conviction.