Case Update: Oklahoma Court Upholds Richard Glossip’s Conviction

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled against Richard Glossip (pic­tured) on April 20, 2023, despite a motion from the state’s Attorney General ask­ing the court to vacate Glossip’s con­vic­tion and remand the case to a low­er court. Glossip is sched­uled for exe­cu­tion on May 18 but has con­sis­tent­ly main­tained his inno­cence. In a state­ment react­ing to the rul­ing, Glossip’s attor­ney, Don Knight, said, ​“Since the State now agrees that the only wit­ness to allege that Mr. Glossip was involved in this crime can­not be believed, it is uncon­scionable for the court to attempt to force the State to move for­ward with his exe­cu­tion.” Knight plans to appeal the rul­ing to the U.S. Supreme Court.