In Shocking Move, Oklahoma AG Decides to Retry Richard Glossip for Murder - The Intercept

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It was after 10 a.m. on Monday morning when Richard Glossip was led into an eighth-floor courtroom in the Oklahoma County Courthouse by three sheriff’s deputies. Wearing orange prison scrubs and Crocs, and shackled at the waist and ankles, Glossip, now 62, looked small compared to the hulking deputies around him. His hair, now almost entirely gray, was long and combed to the side. Though his expression was impassive as he entered the room, his face softened into a smile when he caught sight of his wife Lea and other supporters sitting in the front row.

It was the first time in years that Glossip had been in a courtroom, and it was the first hearing in his case since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in late February that prosecutorial misconduct had so tainted Glossip’s case that his death penalty conviction should be overturned. It was a victory not only for Glossip but also for Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who had taken unprecedented steps to block Glossip’s execution — and fought alongside him to secure the high court’s decision.

“The high court has validated my grave concerns with how this prosecution was handled,” Drummond said shortly after the ruling. “I am thankful we now have a fresh opportunity to see that justice is done.”

Drummond wasn’t in court on Monday morning. But his proxy Jimmy Harmon, chief of the AG’s criminal division was — and signaled that the office is ready to prosecute Glossip for a third time. While Harmon did not publicly announce what the charge would be, Judge Heather Coyle noted that the state has said it would not be seeking the death penalty — suggesting that the state will try Glossip for murder yet again.

This is a really wild situation out of Oklahoma if you followed the Glossip case

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