© THE INTERCEPT
After nine execution dates, three last meals, and a Supreme Court ruling in his favor, Richard Glossip should soon walk free.
Three decades after he was arrested for a capital crime he swore he didn’t commit – and more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction – former death row prisoner Richard Glossip has been granted bond by an Oklahoma judge, setting the stage for him to walk free.
In an order handed down on Thursday, Oklahoma County District Judge Natalie Mai set Glossip’s bond at $500,000. She ordered him to live with his wife, wear an electronic monitoring device, abide by a curfew from 10 pm to 7 am, and forbid him from traveling outside the state.
“We are extremely grateful that Judge Natalie Mai has granted Richard Glossip a bond,” Glossip’s longtime attorney Don Knight wrote in a statement. “In doing so, she rejected the State’s claim that there is a strong case for guilt. For the first time in 29 years of being incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, during which he faced 9 execution dates and ate 3 last meals, Mr. Glossip now has the chance to taste freedom while his defense team continues to pursue justice on his behalf.”
