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Richard Glossip pleads guilty to lesser charge as Oklahoma drops murder case
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Richard Glossip pleaded guilty Thursday to accessory to murder after the fact, a lesser charge, and the murder charge against him was dismissed, according to his attorney, Don Knight. Glossip had been sentenced to death for the 1997 killing of motel owner Barry Van Treese, who was beaten with a baseball bat in what prosecutors allege was a murder-for-hire plot. The U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction in 2025 after finding that prosecutors had used testimony they knew was false, and he was released on bond in May to await retrial. Knight said Glossip will be sentenced in December; prosecutors said they will seek more prison time. Glossip has maintained his innocence.
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Glossip pleaded guilty to a lesser accessory charge, his attorney said.
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The murder charge against Glossip was dismissed as part of the plea, according to his attorney.
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Glossip was sentenced to death for the 1997 killing of motel owner Barry Van Treese, and spent nearly 30 years in prison.
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The U.S. Supreme Court threw out Glossip’s conviction in 2025 after finding prosecutors had used testimony they knew was false, and a new trial was ordered.
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Glossip will be sentenced in December; his attorney plans to ask for time served, and prosecutors plan to seek more prison time.
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Glossip was released on bond in May to await retrial.
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Every side present reports that Glossip pleaded guilty to a lesser accessory charge and will be sentenced in December. Left outlets centre on his death-row history and the dropped murder charge, while the center’s UPI report centers on the plea and its pretrial setting.
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Left outlets mostly lead with the guilty plea and death-row history; NBC and the Far Left Intercept lead with Oklahoma dropping the murder charge, the Intercept adding it avoids a third trial.
Ex-Oklahoma death row inmate pleads guilty to lesser charge
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The center side’s only report, UPI’s own, headlines the plea and Glossip’s former death-row status without naming the murder charge.
Ex-Oklahoma death row inmate pleads guilty to lesser charge in case
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overthrewMore neutral: overturned
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Supreme Court last year overthrew his murder conviction, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the case, his attorney…
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5 outletsLeads with
- guilty plea to a lesser accessory charge
- Glossip’s years on death row
- dismissal of the murder charge
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- CBS NewsLeft
Ex-Oklahoma death row inmate pleads guilty to lesser charge
During his time on death row, courts set nine different execution dates for Richard Glossip, and he came so close to being put to death that he ate three separate last meals.
Ex-Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip pleads guilty to lesser charge in 1997 murder
Former Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip pleads guilty to a lesser charge after nearly 30 years in prison
- NBC NewsLeft
Oklahoma dismisses murder charge against former death row inmate Richard Glossip
A murder charge against Richard Glossip, a former death row prisoner who was nearly executed multiple times, was dismissed on Thursday after being granted a retrial in the 1997 killing of his former boss.
- The InterceptFar Left
Oklahoma Drops Murder Charge Against Richard Glossip, Avoiding Third Trial
Glossip agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge to end his 30-year legal saga. He will be sentenced in December.
- CNNLeft
Richard Glossip, Oklahoma man on death row for years, pleads guilty to lesser charge
Richard Glossip, the Oklahoma man who spent nearly 30 years on death row before his murder conviction was overturned by the US Supreme Court last year, pleaded guilty Thursday to accessory to murder after the fact, a lesser charge, his attorney told CNN. …
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- guilty plea to a lesser charge
- former death-row status
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Ex-Oklahoma death row inmate pleads guilty to lesser charge in case
Richard Glossip, who spent almost 30 years on death row before his conviction was overturned, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the case,
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- CNNLeftNov 12, 2:53 PM EST
- The InterceptFar LeftNov 12, 4:05 PM EST
- NBC NewsLeftNov 12, 4:44 PM EST
- ABC NewsLeftNov 12, 5:03 PM EST
- CBS NewsLeftNov 12, 6:34 PM EST
- United Press InternationalCenterNov 12, 9:07 PM EST
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