Stay of execution for Richard Glossip
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A set of facts extreme enough that even the Roberts Court won’t allow an execution to go forward:
The US Supreme Court on Friday put on hold the execution of Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate whose capital conviction the state attorney general has said he could no longer support.
The latest round of litigation was brought to the Supreme Court by Glossip, with the support of the Oklahoma Attorney’s General office, who asked for his May 18 execution to be set aside.
The emergency hold on his execution will stay in place while the justices consider his request that they formally take up his case.
Background, including the appalling behavior of the Oklahoma courts, here.