Third murder trial set for former Oklahoma death row inmate after Supreme Court overturned conviction

OKLAHOMA CITY (TCN) — A third murder trial has been set for Richard Glossip, the former death row inmate who was released on bond in May after his conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2025. His new trial has been scheduled for September. 

In 1998, Richard Glossip was convicted for his role in a murder-for-hire plot against his boss, Barry Van Treese, 54. His conviction and sentence was overturned in 2025 due to false testimony presented at trial by the man who beat Van Treese to death, Justin Sneed. Both men were employees at Van Treese’s hotel, and Sneed’s testimony was the only testimony connecting Glossip to the crime. Sneed reportedly testified after being offered life without parole for his role in the death of Van Treese. 

Glossip’s conviction was overturned in 2001, and he was retried and sentenced to death again in 2004. His execution was stayed three times between 2015 and 2023.

In May, Glossip was granted $500,000 bond. Longtime supporter Kim Kardashian paid the $50,000 fee to secure his release. The New York Post reports the victim’s family had asked for Glossip’s conviction to remain intact.

CBS News reports that at a hearing on June 23, a third trial date was set for Sept. 28. Glossip’s attorneys had previously asked the judge whether there was enough evidence for a retrial. 

Glossip’s attorneys requested a new preliminary hearing before the trial begins; that request was denied, per KFOR. His last preliminary hearing was in 1997 before his first trial began. Prosecutors said that if the Supreme Court found that the original hearing was insufficient, a new one would have been ordered on top of a new trial.

According to CBS News, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is not pursuing the death penalty. 

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