The decision clears the way for Richard Glossip, 63, to leave a lockup for the first time since his arrest nearly 30 years ago over a 1997 killing that put him on the brink of execution three separate times. The U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction last year.

An Oklahoma man who has narrowly avoided execution three separate times could walk free from a county jail after a judge agreed to grant him bond while awaiting retrial.

After nine execution dates, three last meals, and a Supreme Court ruling in his favor, Richard Glossip should soon walk free.