Tag:death sentence

A divided Supreme Court found an independent investigation by law firm Reed Smith and the attorney general’s discovery that the prosecutor knowingly elicited false testimony and failed to correct it was enough to overturn the conviction and death sentence of Richard Glossip for directing the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese by Justin Sneed.

In a case related to how courts should evaluate multiple IQ scores, the Supreme Court found an appellate court was unclear in its original ruling. It remanded the case and granted review.

Three justices dissented from a majority that declined to hear the appeal of a man sentenced to death with a juror who expressed racial bias.