WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court docket granted a keep of execution on Friday to Richard Glossip, a demise row inmate in Oklahoma, after the state’s legal professional common, Gentner F. Drummond, a Republican, informed the justices that he agreed that Mr. Glossip’s execution ought to be halted.
In a uncommon transfer, Mr. Drummond wrote that the state had “come to the tough however important conclusion that Glossip’s capital conviction is unsustainable and a brand new trial crucial.”
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